Section 46-27-1 - DefinitionsIn this chapter, the term:
(1)"Headway speed" in this section means the slowest speed at which a personal watercraft can be operated and maintain steerage way.(2)"Operator" means a person who operates or who has charge of the navigation or use of a watercraft.(3)"Personal watercraft" means a vessel which uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive power and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional method of sitting or standing inside the vessel.P.L. 1991, ch. 88, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 131, § 1.