KOROR STATE GOVERNMENT MARINE TOUR GUIDE ... - C3

making headway, as typified by, but not limited to, Jet Skis, Sea Doos,
Wavejammers, Waverunners, Wetjets, Wet Bikes and Surf Jets.
h) “State” means Koror state in the Republic of Palau.
i) “State waters” means the twelve (12) nautical miles (1.85 kilometers) of water
defined in and determined by Article 1, Section 1 of the state Constitution.
j) “Type I Personal Flotation Device” means a non-inflatable device designed to
turn an unconscious person in the water from a face down position to a vertical or
slightly backward position and to have more than twenty (20) pounds or 9
kilograms of buoyancy.
k) “Type II Personal Flotation Device” means a non-inflatable device designed to
turn an unconscious person in the water from a face down position to a vertical or
slightly backward position and to have at least fifteen point five (15.5) pounds or
7 kilograms of buoyancy.
l) “Type III Personal Floatation Device” means a non-inflatable device designed
to keep a conscious person in a vertical or slightly backward position and to have
at least fifteen point five (15.5) pounds or 7 kilograms of buoyancy.
m) “Use(d)” means to operate, navigate or employ.
n) “Vessel” means each and every craft capable of being used as a means of
transportation on water.
7.6.4 Section IV
GENERAL RESTRICTIONS
Every PWC must at all times be operated in a reasonable and prudent manner and shall
never be operated to chase or harass wildlife or at greater than idle speed within one
hundred (100) feet of any shoreline, dock, swimmer, diver, snorkeler or a non-PWC
vessel.
No PWC may be modified after-market to increase its speed, thrust or noise emissions.
Every PWC must have:
(i) a properly operational self-circling or lanyard-type engine cutoff switch that, at all
times during the PWC’s use, is attached to the PWC operator (or the operator’s clothing
or life preserver);
(ii) a spring-loaded throttle mechanism that, when tripped, automatically and
immediately returns the PWC to idle speed; and
(iii) a line and anchor capable of securing a non-operational PWC.
No PWC may be used to tow any individual unless the respective PWC manufacturer’s
user manual expressly permits same and the PWC has, in addition to the operator, a
rear-facing individual passenger to continuously monitor the progress of the person(s)
being towed.
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