Rules & Regulations

Sec. 15-121-B15j.  Crystal Lake regulation

On the waters of Crystal Lake, located in the towns of Ellington and Stafford, the following restrictions shall apply:

     (a) No person shall operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of forty-five miles per hour;
     (b) No person shall operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of six miles per hour from sunset to 9:00 A.M.;
     (c) No person shall operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of six miles per hour on Sunday from noon until 3:00 P.M.;
     (d) No person shall tow anyone or anything, except a disabled boat, with a motorboat on Sunday from noon until 3:00 P.M.;
     (e) No person shall operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of six miles per hour at any time when weather conditions restrict 

         normal visibility to less than one hundred yards;

     (f) No person shall operate a vessel less than sixteen feet in length which has an inboard mounted internal combustion engine 

         powering a water-jet pump as its primary source of motor propulsion and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting,

          standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional manner of sitting or standing within the vessel;

     (g) An operator of a vessel towing a water skier shall proceed in a counterclockwise direction around the lake;
     (h) No person shall waterski, and no person shall operate a motorboat towing a water skier, from 4:00 P.M. until 10.00 A.M. from

           the third Saturday in April until the third Saturday in May, inclusive;

     (i) No person operating a motorboat shall tow more than two water skiers at any one time;
     (j) No person shall engage in kite skiing or parasailing;
     (k) No person shall anchor or moor any vessel unattended at a distance in excess of seventy-five feet from shore;
     (l) No person shall launch, moor, or otherwise use a vessel with a permanently installed toilet capable of overboard discharge;
    (m) No person shall use a vessel for overnight camping unless such vessel is equipped with a U.S. Coast Guard approved 

           marine sanitation device which is not capable of overboard discharge;

     (n) No person shall discharge, dispose of, or otherwise release any human or animal sewage overboard.

(Effective April 23, 1993)