NAC488.450. Waterskiing and similar activities.  


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  •      1. Waterskiing is authorized on:

         (a) The Eagle Valley Reservoir between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

         (b) Comins Lake between 11 a.m. and sunset. A vessel may not be operated at a speed in excess of 5 nautical miles per hour during other hours. The speed of a vessel underway is considered to be 5 nautical miles per hour or less if the vessel is not leaving a wake.

         2. Waterskiing is prohibited on the following waters:

         Waters

    County

         (a) Crittenden Reservoir...................................................................................

                     Elko

         (b) Jiggs Reservoir............................................................................................

                     Elko

         (c) Black Canyon (Any area marked with signs or buoys, or both, in Lake Mead and downstream from Hoover Dam to Mile Marker 43 on Lake Mohave)

                    Clark

         (d) Boulder Canyon-Lake Mead (Any area marked with signs or buoys, or both).......................................................................................................................

                    Clark

         (e) Lagoon, south of Laughlin, within sec. 33, T. 32 S., R. 66 E., M.D.B. & M., as marked with signs or buoys, or both...........................................................

                    Clark

         3. A person being towed on skis, an inflatable device or any similar device shall wear a personal flotation device which is approved by the United States Coast Guard.

         4. A person shall not operate a vessel on any waters of this State towing a person or persons on water skis, a surfboard, an inflatable device or any similar device if the manufacturer’s recommended safe loading capacity for the vessel would be exceeded if the person or persons being towed had to board the vessel as a passenger.

     [Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, Motorboat Reg. No. 100 § 36, eff. 2-10-82]—(NAC A 12-3-84, eff. 1-1-85; 12-12-87; 12-3-90; 12-16-92; R020-08, 6-17-2008)