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| 1. TOPIC |
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Use of Personal Watercraft.
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| 2. STATEMENT |
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The following procedures govern the use of personal watercraft in the Harbour of
Vancouver.
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| 3. DEFINITION |
| 3.1 |
"Personal Watercraft" means a vessel of less than 5 metres in length which uses a motor
powering a waterjet pump, as its primary sources of motive power and which is designed
to be operated by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on or being towed behind the
vessel, rather than in the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel.
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| 4. PROCEDURES |
| 4.1 |
All vessels in the Harbour of Vancouver are subject to the Operating By-law A-1
of the Vancouver Port Authority. |
| 4.2 |
Failure to comply with these procedures may constitute a violation of the
Operating By-law A-1 of the VPA. |
| 4.3 |
No person shall operate a personal watercraft in any area of the Harbour of Vancouver at night. Sunrise and Sunset are defined as the times published daily in the newspapers The Province and The Vancouver Sun. |
| 4.4 |
Any person operating a personal watercraft shall have attached to his person, clothing, or personal flotation device, a lanyard-type engine cut-off switch. |
| 4.5 |
No person shall operate a personal watercraft:
- In the area between a line drawn from Ferguson Point 000 degreesT to the North
Shore as the Western limit and a line drawn from Berry Point, 000 degreesT to the
North Shore as the Eastern limit.
- In a Traffic Separation Zone.
- At a speed of more than 5 knots:
- within 300 metres of a swimming area.
- within 300 metres of a launch ramp.
- within 300 metres of a vessel at anchor.
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| 4.6 |
Notwithstanding Procedure 4.5, use of personal watercraft in exhibitions, parades and other similar marine events will be allowed if the organizers of such an event have the written permission of the Vancouver Port Authority for the use of personal watercraft. Such permission may only be granted after the Vancouver Port Authority receives a written request giving a full description of the intended use and details of the event and organizers. |
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Any person operating a personal watercraft must operate the vessel in a safe and prudent manner, having regard for other waterborne traffic, posted speed and wake restrictions, and all other attendant circumstances so as not to endanger the life, limbs or property of any person. |
The JetSport Safety Association represents personal watercraft operators: - Recreational, Commercial and Professional.
A personal watercraft is a boat and you are legally bound by the Rules, Regulations, Laws and Traditions of Safe boating.
