Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title33 NAVIGATION AND WATERCOURSES. |
Chapter5. REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF VESSELS. |
Article1. General Provisions. |
§33-5-22.1. "Sailboard" defined; hull deemed flotation device.
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(a) For the purposes of this section "sailboard" means any sailboat whose unsupported mast is connected by a snivel or a flexible universal joint to a hull similar to the hull of a surfboard.
(b) Any law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the hull of a sailboard shall be deemed to be a flotation device. Any sailboarder or wind surfer is exempt from any additional type of personal flotation device.