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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 08.18.02.04" title_num="08" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="02" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“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.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Personal watercraft” means a Class A vessel which:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Has an inboard motor which uses an internal combustion engine powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive propulsion;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>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;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Has the probability that the operator and passenger may, in the normal course of use, fall overboard; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Is designed with no open load-carrying area which would retain water.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“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.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Restricted Visibility” means any condition in which visibility is restricted by fog, mist, falling snow, heavy rainstorms, sandstorms or any other similar causes.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>