b'B O AT I N G R E G U L AT I O N SBoat Disposal donation.htm local transfer station, contact them first to IfyouaretheregisteredownerandhaveVehicle Disposal Recycling Center:see if they accept vessels. Some require documentation to show this, then you can simply888-495-5886that the vessels be cut into pieces and have dispose of the boat. CGS Sec. 15-147 requireswww.givecars.com all liquids removed. Please properly dispose thatyounotifytheDMVwithin15daysofBoat Angel: 1-800-227-2643of all liquids. transfer, destruction, theft, loss or abandonment. www.boatangel.org If you encounter an abandoned boat, see BelowaresomeorganizationsthatacceptBoats 4 Heroes: 240-750-9899the guidance on the DEEP - Boating Division donated boats. You are encouraged to look onlinehttps://boats4heroes.org/boat-donation/ website https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Boating/for additional organizationsAmerican Cancer Society: 800.227.2345Abandoned-Boats .Boats with Causes: 1-888-228-7320https://www.cancer.orgwww.boatswithcauses.org/ct-boat- If you wish to dispose of your vessel at your areas, speed zones, navigation, information, and water ski coursesComplete instructions, rules, and necessary forms are available or jumps. Visit the DEEP website athttps://portal.ct.gov/ online athttps://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Boating/Abandoned-DEEP/Boating/Boating-and-Paddling and select Laws /Boats .Requirements / Permits for more details.Personal Watercraft RestrictionsAbandoned Boats PersonalWatercraftaresubjecttothefollowingoperation If your boat is missing, report it to the police and check therestrictions (for age restrictions, see page 26):Abandoned Boat websitehttps://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Boating/No person shall operate a personal watercraft between sunset Abandoned-Boats in case it has been found and posted asand sunrise or during periods of reduced visibility.abandoned.No passenger shall ride in front of the operator on a personal If you find an abandoned vessel free floating and unattendedwatercraft.you must contact law enforcement to report the find - it may be No passenger shall ride upon a personal watercraft unless the the only clue that an emergency is underway.Move the vessel onlypassenger is able to securely hold onto the person in front of them after law enforcement gives you permission. Under the law a boator to the handholds on the personal watercraft, and is able to keep is abandoned when it is: Free floating and unattended for more than 24 hours; both feet on the deck of the personal watercraft so as to maintainLeft on property without permission for more than 24 hours; balance while the personal watercraft is in operation. Left at a mooring without payment;All persons aboard a personal watercraft shall wear a UnitedLeft at a commercial facility for over a year without full payment; or, States Coast Guard approved Type I, II, III or V personal flotationImproperly registered and left on the waters of the state. device, and no operator of a personal watercraft shall allow any If you are dealing with an abandoned boat: person to be aboard who is not wearing such a device. Inflatable lifeSubmit a Notice of Abandoned Vessel to the Commissioner alongjackets are not allowed.with a $20 processing feeNo person shall operate a personal watercraft at a speed inWait 45 days excess of Slow-No-Wake within 200 feet of shore or of a dock, pier,If the owner does not collect the boat in 45 days, you will befloat or anchored or moored vessel, unless said personal watercraft issued a Notice of assumed Ownership. You can then do what youis approaching such float, dock or shore for the purpose of enabling wish with the boat. a person engaged in waterskiing to take off or land.The abandoned boat process is a closed process. Only the legalNopersonshalloperateapersonalwatercrafttowinga owner of an abandoned boat can claim an abandoned boat fromwaterskierwithoutsatisfyingtheSafeWaterskiingEndorsement the table listed on the abandoned boat website. requirements (See page 12) and no person shall waterski while The fine for abandoning a boat is $440.00, and under thebeing towed by a personal watercraft unless: (1) a capacity label abandoned boat law the last registered owner can be held liable foraffixed by the manufacturer indicates a carrying capacity of at least all costs associated with processing the abandoned boat. three persons: the operator, the observer and the skier; (2) minimum To help avoid possible fines, cancel your registration in writingoverall length of 119 inches, minimum overall width of 46 inches, within 15 days of selling or destroying your registered boat. Its theminimum horizontal seat length of 39 inches [at least 13 inches law! Send a cancellation note under your signature to the DMVadditional seat length per person for greater than three person Marine Vessel Section, 60 State Street, Wethersfield, CT 06161. capacity]; (3) handholds at or near the rear of the seat suitable for 282022 Connecticut BOATERS GUIDE'