A new regulation announced in early October called 13:82-1.4(f) will now require anyone on board a craft less than 26 feet in length to wear a PFD while on the water from Nov. 1 to May 1.
According to the law, “each person on board such vessel is wearing a securely fastened United States Coast Guard-approved wearable personal flotation device of an appropriate size while such vessel is underway.”
The law goes into effect on Nov. 1 and will include powerboats, sneakboxes, sailboats, rowboats, canoes, kayaks and stand-up paddleboards.
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