If you are anything like my family, boating is an absolute must for the summer time. Whether it be on the near by reservoir, Geist, or up at our Vacation Home Indiana on Lake Webster - we love to get out on the water. If your family is planning on bringing a boat when you stay at the Take It Easy Cabin, make sure you think safety first! Here are some tips I got from the Lake Webster Association:
- Motorboat or PWC operators who are at least age 15 may operate a motorboat or PWC only if they successfully complete a boaters education course approved by the DNR.
- No one under 15 years of age may legally operate a motorboat greater than 10 h.p. or a PWC.
- Children under 13 years of age must wear a PFD except when child is below deck in an enclosed cabin or the watercraft is docked or at anchor.
- Each person on a PWC must wear an approved PFD.
- All boats are required to display a white light visible from all directions whenever they are anchored or moored away from the dock between sunset and sunrise.
- Speed between sunset and sunrise is limited to 10 miles per hour.
- When you see an “Idle Speed” or “No Wake” sign it indicates a boating restricted area established to protect the safety of the public, protection of ecological resources and property. Idle Speed means the slowest possible speed, not to exceed 5 miles per hour, so as to maintain steerage and the wake is minimal.
- By operating a boat or PWC on Indiana waters, you have consented to be tested for alcohol or drugs if requested by a law enforcement official.
- It is illegal to dump garbage and plastics into or upon public waters or on the banks of public waters. Litter can kill birds and fish.
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