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E. All water-skiers, tubers, and kneeboarders shall wear a wearable Personal Flotation Device. (Type III or better; Life belts are not acceptable.) §170-6. Personal Watercraft Operation. [Added in 1995 to separate personal watercraft operations from water-skiing.] A. All Personal Watercraft operation is subject to the applicable provisions of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, as amended, and to further restriction that no motor or propelled surfboard or other personal watercraft operation is allowed in Mashpee in or on the freshwater ponds before the hour of 10:00 a.m. and after the hour of 7:00 p.m. B. Personal Watercraft operation is permitted on fresh water ponds and tidal waters of Popponesset Bay,Nantucket Sound, and Waquoit Bay subject to the same restrictions for watercraft above. In addition,prohibited activities are: 1. Towing any object using a personal watercraft. 2. Operation between the hours of sunrise and sunset or when vision is unduly restricted by weather 3. Operation on bodies of water of less than seventy-five(75 acres) 4. Operation by a person under the age of sixteen(16) 5. Operation by a person between sixteen (16) and seventeen (17) without first having received a safety certificate required by 323 CMR 4.03(2) C. All Personal Watercraft operators shall wear a wearable Personal Flotation Device (Type III or better; Life belts are not acceptable.) §170-7. Swim Area. [Added 19951 I, A. Public Bathing Area No Person shall operate a watercraft: 1. within one hundred fifty(150) feet of a public bathing area 2. within one hundred fifty (150)to three hundred(300) feet of a shoreline which is being used as a private swim area. §170-8. Divers and Diving [Added 5-3-82 ATM,Art.28, approved 9-7-821. ' Any person or persons skin diving or scuba diving shall: A. Display a diver's flag constructed of rigidly supported material at least twelve by fifteen (12x15) inches in an area or red background with a white diagonal stripe. B. Display such flag on a boat or surface float extending a minimum distance of three (3) feet from the surface of the water, or to such other height in excess of three (3) feet as to be sufficient to be + visible to passing boats. C. Stay in an area within one hundred (100) feet of such displayed diver's flag while at or near the surface of the water. D. Recreational diving or swimming in marked boat channels is prohibited. [Added 1995]