CA Boating Laws

[YotaGirl]

Does anyone know if you can pull an inflatable tube behind a boat in CA? I was told by a friend that it was illegal, but I can't find anything in the CA boating law about it. What have you heard?

Jenn

[ScubaDuck]

Based on this:

http://www.dbw.ca.gov/Pubs/Watski/TowingSports.pdf

published by the California Dept. of Boating and Waterways, it appears that pulling a tube behind a boat is not prohibited on a statewide basis. Their website has good summaries of the statewide laws.

I have heard that specific lakes (Lake Oroville in Northern CA) had banned pulling anything that couldn't effectively steer itself. If you are planning a trip, you might want to call the local marina to ask.

Hope this helps-

-Scubaduck

[BruceTS]

I tow a tube all the time, never had any issues

[YotaGirl]

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I just bought one of those big tubes from Costco and I didn't really want to keep it if I couldn't use it in Cali.

[randver]

i was on a tube behind a boat last month

[wifesaysimadumbass]

the state would love it if we all stayed in our houses ate proccessed cancer ridden foods and watched american idol till we died!!!!!!! thats why they enact laws that are for our own "safety" in reality it's just to cover their butts from lawsuits...... if you wanna ride a tube i think you should!!!!!! screw the laws were all gonna become criminals soon anyways for having any kind of fun.... can you tell i've had too much coffee this morning?

[MTL_4runner]

Prohibiting tubes being towed would be about the equivalent of banning sparklers at the 4th of July.
Some of these lawmakers need to get back in the common sense line for another helping. :screwy:

[YotaGirl]

Prohibiting tubes being towed would be about the equivalent of banning sparklers at the 4th of July.
Some of these lawmakers need to get back in the common sense line for another helping. :screwy:


Ha Ha they did ban sparklers! At least the good metal ones. Now they only have the cheap, crappy wood ones.

I didn't think they'd be able to ban tubes...what would be next, wakeboards and skis?

[MTL_4runner]

I didn't think they'd be able to ban tubes...what would be next, wakeboards and skis?


Nah, they'd probably just ban boats and be done with it altogether. :spit:

[Peter]

I don't blame politicians... I blame the idiots and their lawyers that sue big companies for their own mistakes.
Infamous McDonald's coffee incident, to name one.

EDIT:
On second thought, elitist politicians are to blame as well.
Aren't most of them lawyers, too?

[BruceTS]

they already ban 2-stroke engines on some waterways.....