30.70 – Skin diving.
30.70 Skin diving. No person may engage in underwater diving or swimming with the use of swimming fins or skin diving in waters other than marked swimming areas or within 150 feet of shoreline, and no person may engage in underwater diving or swimming with the use of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus in waters other […]
30.71 – Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets.
30.71 Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets. (1) In this section, “outlying waters” has the meaning given in s. 29.001 (63). (2) No person may, while maintaining or operating any boat equipped with toilets on the waters of this state, dispose of any toilet wastes in any manner into the water. (3) No […]
30.72 – Watercraft use rules, Lower St. Croix River.
30.72 Watercraft use rules, Lower St. Croix River. (1) Water surface use rules. (a) The department shall promulgate rules to govern the operation of boats on the Lower St. Croix River. The rules may restrict any or all of the following: 1. The type of boats which may be used on the waters affected by […]
30.73 – Use regulations, Brule River.
30.73 Use regulations, Brule River. (1) Prohibited uses. No person may operate, occupy or use any motorboat or any pneumatic inner tube, inflatable raft or similar device on the Brule River or any of its stream tributaries in Douglas County. This subsection does not prohibit a person from operating, occupying or using a noninflatable nonmotorized […]
30.675 – Distress signal flag.
30.675 Distress signal flag. The display on a boat or by a person of an orange flag approximately 18 by 30 inches in size shall indicate that such boat or person is in need of help. (1) Insofar as is possible without serious danger to the operator’s boat or persons on board, the operator of […]
30.678 – Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minors.
30.678 Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minors. (1) Motorboats other than personal watercraft. (a) No person under 10 years of age may operate a motorboat. (b) No person who is at least 10 years of age but under 12 years of age may operate a motorboat unless he or she is accompanied in […]
30.68 – Prohibited operation.
30.68 Prohibited operation. (2) Negligent operation. No person may operate or use any boat, or manipulate any water skis, aquaplane or similar device upon the waters of this state in a careless, negligent or reckless manner so as to endanger that person’s life, property or person or the life, property or person of another. (3) […]
30.681 – Intoxicated boating.
30.681 Intoxicated boating. (1) Operation. (a) Operating while under the influence of an intoxicant. No person may engage in the operation of a motorboat while under the influence of an intoxicant to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safe motorboat operation. (b) Operating after using a controlled substance or alcohol. 1. No […]
30.63 – Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted.
30.63 Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted. (1) Sale. No person may sell any new outboard motor for use in the waters of this state unless such motor is equipped with a crankcase effectively sealed to prevent the drainage of raw fuel into the waters in which the motor is operated. (2) Use. […]
30.635 – Motorboat prohibition.
30.635 Motorboat prohibition. On lakes 50 acres or less having public access, motorboats may not be operated in excess of slow-no-wake speed, except when such lakes serve as thoroughfares between 2 or more navigable lakes. The department by rule may modify or waive the requirements of this section as to particular lakes, if it finds […]