As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
HEADWAY SPEED
The slowest speed at which a vessel can be operated and maintain
steerage way. Such speed will not exceed four miles per hour.
OPERATOR
A person who operates or who has charge of the navigation
or use of a watercraft or vessel.
PERSONAL WATERCRAFT
A vessel which uses an inboard motor powering a water jet
pump as its primary source of motive power and which is designed to
be operated by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on the vessel,
rather than the conventional method of sitting or standing inside
the vessel.
WATER VESSEL
All watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of
transportation on or in the water.
The Town of Coventry Police Department and the
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management are empowered
to enforce the provisions of this article.