N.Y. Navigation Law § 45-c: Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Conesus lake

§ 45-c. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on

Conesus lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or

any inconsistent local laws (a) every pleasure vessel operated on

Conesus lake within the county of Livingston, shall be operated in a

careful and prudent manner, in such a way as not to unreasonably

interfere with or endanger any other vessel or person; a violation of

this paragraph shall be a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section

seventy-three-b of this article; and (b) no vessel shall be operated on

such lake at a speed exceeding forty-five miles per hour nor shall any

pleasure vessel be operated at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles per

hour between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before

sunrise; a violation of this paragraph shall be a violation punishable

as set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.

2. No vessel shall be operated within two hundred feet of the shore, a

dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel at a speed

exceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near

such shore, dock, float, pier, raft or anchored vessel for the purpose

of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or land. A

violation of this subdivision shall be a violation punishable as set

forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.

3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any pleasure

vessel competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a

specified course held by a bona fide club or racing association between

nine o'clock in the morning and sunset, provided that due written notice

of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate law

enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to

the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and all

provisions of such section have been complied with.