N.Y. Navigation Law § 46-b: Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake

§ 46-b. Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake. 1.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent

local laws, every pleasure vessel operated on Saratoga lake, located in

the towns of Malta, Saratoga and Stillwater, and the city of Saratoga

Springs, Saratoga county, shall be operated in a careful and prudent

manner, in such a way as to not unreasonably interfere with or endanger

any vessel or person, and no vessel shall be operated at a speed

exceeding forty-five miles per hour. No pleasure vessel operated on

Saratoga lake shall be operated at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles

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

sunrise.

2. In addition to the waters of Saratoga lake, the provisions of this

section shall apply to Fish creek from Saratoga lake to Safford's

bridge. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section the five miles

per hour speed zone at the state route nine-P state boat launch, in

effect prior to the effective date of this section, shall remain in full

force and effect.

3. No vessel shall be operated on Saratoga lake within two hundred

feet of shore, a dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored

vessel in a manner or at such a speed that causes a wake that

unreasonably interferes with or endangers such shoreline, dock, pier,

raft or float or anchored or moored vessel, but in no event at a speed

exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the purpose of enabling a

person engaged in water skiing to take off or land.

4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel

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

course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due

written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate

law enforcement agencies 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. The provisions

of this section shall not apply to any federal aviation agency licensed

aircraft.

5. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be

guilty of a violation punishable as provided in section seventy-three-c

of this article.