(1) No person shall operate a vessel within 100 feet of an area where persons are swimming; provided, that water skiers shall be allowed to start and stop from lake shore. All vessels shall reduce speed to a minimum (no wake) when docking or landing. All swimmers more than 100 feet from shore shall be accompanied by a vessel with an operator and an observer.

(2) No vessel operator may tow or attempt to tow a water skier unless such vessel shall be occupied by at least an operator and an observer. The operator and the observer shall not be the same person.

(3) The observer shall continuously observe the person or persons being towed. Violation of this subsection is an infraction.

(4) Except on safe take-offs and landings, vessels with skiers under tow must keep 100 feet or more from shore. A take-off or landing will not be considered safe unless it can be accomplished without risk to any swimmers or other vessels and does not inhibit other persons’ use of the water. Skiers must be picked up by the vessel before passing the 100 foot from shore line. When safe, the skier but not the vessel, may ski inside the 100 foot from shore line, but not nearer than fifty (50) feet from shore, except when in the process of landing.

(5) When a skier falls more than fifty (50) feet from shore or from a float, the towing vessel shall return at once to the downed skier, giving due regard to the safety of any other skiers it may be towing. While the skier is down in the water and during the time preparatory to skiing while the person is in the water, the towing vessel will display a warning flag.

(6) No person shall engage or attempt to engage in water skiing without wearing a personal flotation device approved by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.

(7) No person engaged in water skiing either as an operator, observer or skier shall conduct himself or herself in a reckless manner that willfully or wantonly endangers or is likely to endanger any person or property.