No Wake Equals Idle - Ohio State Law
Posted on Jul 24th, 2015
- No Wake Equals Idle – Ohio State Law
- No person shall operate a vessel at greater than idle speed or create a wake within an area buoyed or marked as a “no wake” area. [no-wake] Ohio Boat Operators Guide: Operating Laws
Operation in Restricted Areas
ORC 1547.08
- No person shall operate a vessel in designated “swim areas,” areas buoyed off as “no boats,” or within any area buoyed designating it as an are in which boats are prohibited.
- Areas marked as “no boats” include the areas above and below dams and endangered species areas.
- No person shall operate a vessel at greater than idle speed or create a wake under any of the following circumstances:
- within any area buoyed or marked as a “no wake” area
- within 300 feet of any marina, boat docking facility, boat gasoline dock, launch ramp, recreational boat harbor, harbor entrance on Lake Erie or on the Ohio River
Thousands of dollars of damage is caused to sea walls each year by boaters using excessive speed in “no wake” areas. This damage is the responsibility of individual property owners, not the State of Ohio. Excessive wakes near people fishing is extremely dangerous and very annoying. The lake is a shared resource for many types of recreation. Be considerate of your fellow boater.
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