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4VAC15-430-100: Visual distress signal exceptions
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
- Agency 15. Department of Wildlife Resources
- Chapter 430. Watercraft: Safety Equipment Requirements
The following persons need not comply with 4VAC15-430-80; however, each must carry on board visual distress signals suitable for night use, selected from the list in 4VAC15-430-120 or 4VAC15-430-130, in the number required, between sunset and sunrise:
1. A person competing in any organized marine parade, regatta, race, or similar event;
2. A person using a manually propelled boat; or
3. A person using a sailboat of completely open construction, not equipped with propulsion machinery, under 26 feet in length.
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