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- Water Skiing, Towing
This includes riding sea biscuits, wakeboarding and towing anyone.
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- it takes a minimum of three to ski. One to
ski, one to drive the boat and the third person, who must be at
least ten years old, to keep an eye on the skier so the skipper
can concentrate on driving the boat safely;
- skiers are required to wear an appropriate buoyancy aid;
- avoid shallow water;
- when picking up a skier, turn the boat towards the side the
skier is on, so that the propeller swings away from the skier;
- the 5 knot rule applies unless you are in a ski access
lane, where you can go right to the beach at speed;
- you must keep to the right going in and out
of an access lane;
- access lanes are marked by posts painted with orange
and black bands;
- water skiers have priority rights to use access lanes ahead
of other users. If skiers are outside an access lane they must
not go within 200 metres of shore or a boat with a dive flag.
They must keep at least 50 metres from other craft or swimmers;
- you must not waterski between sunset and sunrise;
- displaying a red flag when anyone has fallen off skis or a
skibiscuit will warn other boats in the area to keep a lookout for
them.
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