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i 1. Towing any object using a personal watercraft. 2. Operation between the hours of sunset and sunrise 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 sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age 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. 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 public bathing area except at headway speed. B. Private Swimming Area No person shall operate a motorboat within one hundred fifty(150) feet of the shoreline which is being used as a private swim area. J §170-8. Divers and Diving. Any person or persons skin diving or scubadivingshall: A. Display a diver's flag constructed of rigidly supported material at least twelve by fifteen(12x15) inches in area of 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. §170-9. Moorings. A. General 1. The location, type and adequacy of every marker, float, buoy, mooring, or fishing device (including but no limited to: lobster pots,crab pots, conch or whelk pots,and toad fish traps) must be approved by the Harbormaster or an Assistant Harbormaster before placement. Any marker, float, buoy, mooring, or fishing device may be inspected, removed or relocated whenever, in the judgment of the Harbormaster or an Assistant Harbormaster, the safety of the other vessels or properties or maximum use of the area requires such action. The expense of such inspection,removal,or relocation shall be the responsibility of the owner. 2. Each marker, float,or buoy and markers for fishing devices shall be properly marked with the identification of the owner in a manner prescribed by the Harbormaster as promulgated in the Mashpee Mooring Regulations. 3. During the period 1 June through 30 September,mooring balls shall be used: From 1 October through 31 March, mooring balls or winter buoys may be used. Winter buoys(sticks)or numbered markers completely submerged onto the bottom shall be used. From 1 April through 31 May, only winter buoys (sticks) or mooring balls may be used. (Submerged markers must be removed.) .