Depends on the patrol boat. 4 years ago I was skiing on the river in Parker, my sister-inlaw was the observer, brother driving. Sister-inlaw did not understand that the flag goes down when the skier is up. Got pulled over and ticketed. However, I see many boats in Parker with the flags mounted on the boat while pulling skiers, wakeboarders, tubers....patrol boat does nothing....
Aside from the different flag rules and all how are you liking the area and surrounding region?...and have you been through all four seasons already, how's that been?
Yeah...my plan at this point is exactly that. Not trying to make anywhere like CA. Havazoo has it’s own issues. Just trying to make a better boating day for all.
Yup!
Nope, that was never a thing.
I get your drift but you sound like every Calif. person that moved to Oregon in the last 30 years. You left the shit but forgot to wipe on the way out.
Make you own flag and mount it. "Skier in water, please stay away" Fly that thing whenever you want, but don't roll in there trying to change their way of boating.
Glad you offer something here, "nope" Great
I had originally typed a lot more, but I felt like it was going to make me come off as a bigger dick than I apparently did which was not at all my intention. So here goes, not only is it not a thing, nor was it ever. It's confusing to those that know a flag means to be on the lookout for a skier or a rope in the water. When people put them up for kids on floaties 5 feet from the boat, well it seems silly. I'm not going to get that close to your boat flag or no flag, so it's not only confusing, but totally unnecessary. I hope my longer than nope answer didn't come off as some personal attack, because that wasn't my intent.
Below my initial comments is from the AZGF boat rules.
The flag is for skier or tow-ee down only. Not for the rope in the water or general floating down from the dam or swimmers. This has been debated before. Some boaters fly the flag when just floating or for people swimming around the boat. I'm not sure it hurts or helps. Maybe Boatcop can tell us nut swingers what's what.
Vessels towing person(s) on water skis or a similar device must carry and use a bright red or orange skier-down flag that is at least 12 x 12 inches in size and mounted on a handle. The observer must continu- ously observe the skier(s) and display a skier-down flag whenever a skier is in the water after falling or while preparing to ski.
■ If towing a skier with a PWC, the same water-skiing laws apply.
I was always taught that as well and it is reassuring as a driver of the towboat to see of drivers have their hands up. Annoying when the driver doesn't even acknowledge it and everybody else in the boat is waving like drunken bafoons.
That’s how I was taught and that’s still what I do here on lakes around GA & SC. People look at me strange.
Growing up spending my all my summers up at Lake Arrowhead starting in the 50's, I was struggling to recall when we started using the flag, or how that came to be, but was thinking it was probably early to mid- 60's. I think dad was doing the raised hand to alert a boat with a downed skier he was seen even prior, but could be wrong.
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