Georgia Boating Safety Course

TOWED WATER SPORTS IN GEORGIA

• When towing an individual on a boat, there must also be an observer on the vessel besides the operator onboard or a wide angle mirror must be mounted on the vessel (NOTE: If towing with a PWC, a wide angle mirror cannot be used in place of an observer).
• Skiing while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, including prescription narcotics and illegal drugs is forbidden.
• Anyone Water-skiing or riding a tube or being towed behind a vessel in any manner must be wearing a PFD, ski-belt or ski-jacket.
• Water skiing (or towing of people on other devices) is prohibited between sunset and sunrise.
• The operator of the boat may not manipulate or control the boat so as to cause the person(s) being towed to collide with any object or person.
• Any boat or PWC towing an individual, on water skis or another device, must stay outside 100ft from the following:
  • Swimmers, surfers, diving flags, banks or wading anglers, docks, swim floats, boat launches, ramps, piers, marinas, floating homes, moorage areas, or boathouses.
  • Any anchored or non-motorized vessel.
  • Shorelines, reservoirs and bays.