Riding at night

[velocity]

Anyone do it? Is it legal if you put the lights on your ski? We recently started riding in a new spot that gets pretty dead at dusk and makes for some great riding. I find myself wishing we could stay later and ride on bright moon nights.

 

[ctatv]

not legal, have done it. I take out the jetboat at night on the st. lawrence river (cause its legal) and scream across the calm water @ like 3am its sooo nice...

have done it on couches before its fun but dont get caught

 

[velocity]

Getting mixed responses over on pwctoday. Some say it is federal, some say it is state by state and legal in some if you have lights. Guess I will have to look into it locally.

 

[Ericfox]

maybe on the big lakes you can do it... but there is prob some restrictions there too for pwcs at night....

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

Not legal in arkansas.

good lord dont let your buddy with no insurance ride at night!

:smashfreakB:

 

[Shifty]

I wondered that myself, apparently the reason you can't is because jetski's don't have actual gunnels. In a boat, if something were to happen, you would theoreticly stay in the boat because of the high gunnels.

 

[ctatv]

im in CT when i took the course way back when they said it was illegal. the guy also told us we had to carry a fire extinguisher and if it ever lit of fire to get the F off of there and swim away fast

 

[tipafew]

Not legal in MI. We have to be off the water 1 hr before sunset.

 

[SuperJETT]

I won't do it around here because of logs in the water. All it takes is once to hit something you didn't remember was there or can't see to bite it and hit your head.

 

[velocity]

Not legal in arkansas.

good lord dont let your buddy with no insurance ride at night!

:smashfreakB:

Found the info I was looking for, looks like we are only good until a half hour after sunset.
http://www.boat-ed.com/ar/handbook/pwc.htm

 

[turnagainhardcore]

I have been thinking about this all year, even setting up a couch with four off road lights on the front, rally car style, and one in the back, I could prob do this that lakes I ride since there is nothing to hit and hardly anyone out there.
the lastest i rode was till 10:55 PM the sun had just set and there was just enough light to get back!!! it was so calm I couldn't leave lol

 

[ctatv]

yeah evening is such a great time to ride unless your eating bugs in the face:tomato:

I have been thinking about this all year, even setting up a couch with four off road lights on the front, rally car style, and one in the back, I could prob do this that lakes I ride since there is nothing to hit and hardly anyone out there.
the lastest i rode was till 10:55 PM the sun had just set and there was just enough light to get back!!! it was so calm I couldn't leave lol

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

I love early morning riding, right at or after sunup.

so quiet and smooth, and then go out there and brap brap it up.

hehehehe

 

[ctatv]

def nice. i dont waterski but my brother and cousins do they always love to go skiing early morning or early evening

 

[Zerfman34]

Not legal in MI. We have to be off the water 1 hr before sunset.

ya sucks i think that's kinda early. 8 am to 1hr before sunset. When I was in tampa bay this spring we rode the sunrise! cant do that here...

 

[Idok]

i think in MI you only have to be off the water 1 hr. before sunset if you DONT HAVE LIGHTS

if you were to add running lights (red/green), and a nav light I dont see why you wouldnt be legal

pwc's are blanketed as "illegal" after dark simply for the fact that NONE of them have lights.......

 

[yamaslut]

you can put lights on a PWC and run it at night. It is classified as a boat.

You better read up and find where they have to be if you don't know.

 

[ctatv]

you can put lights on a PWC and run it at night. It is classified as a boat.

You better read up and find where they have to be if you don't know.

starboard & port up front white light right rear

 

[Zerfman34]

i think in MI you only have to be off the water 1 hr. before sunset if you DONT HAVE LIGHTS

if you were to add running lights (red/green), and a nav light I dont see why you wouldnt be legal

pwc's are blanketed as "illegal" after dark simply for the fact that NONE of them have lights.......

makes sense

 

[ctatv]

makes sense

anybody remember that 90s disaster or horror movie i forget where there was someody on a sitdown ski with a headlight on the front of it driving it through a public school hallway in a flood