# COMAR Title 08 — Department of Natural Resources

## Subtitle 18 — Boating — Speed Limits and Operation of Vessels

### Chapter 02 — Personal Watercraft

#### Regulation .04 Definitions.

*COMAR 08.18.02.04*

A. In this chapter the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

  (1) “Class A vessel” means a motorboat less than 16 feet in length, as defined by the U.S. Coast Guard in 46 CFR §24.10-17.

  (2) “Personal watercraft” means a Class A vessel which:

    (a) Has an inboard motor which uses an internal combustion engine powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive propulsion;

    (b) Is designed with the concept that the operator and passenger ride on the outside surfaces of the vessel as opposed to riding inside the vessel;

    (c) Has the probability that the operator and passenger may, in the normal course of use, fall overboard; and

    (d) Is designed with no open load-carrying area which would retain water.

  (3) “Specialty prop craft” means a vessel less than 16 feet in length similar in appearance and operation to a personal watercraft but the primary source of propulsion is a propeller. For the purpose of this chapter, a specialty prop craft shall be considered a personal watercraft.

  (4) “Restricted Visibility” means any condition in which visibility is restricted by fog, mist, falling snow, heavy rainstorms, sandstorms or any other similar causes.