Comp. Vest or USCG Approved?

[Ewok]

One exception on the skier down flag - Lake Conroe requires them.

Good to know, see, confusing. Different laws all over the place. Too bad there isn't any one-stop-shop type of resource to get all the info you need to be a legal boater.

[Domsz06]

Like Skiski said, in TX the rider is not required to have a USCGA vest on, but you must have one in the boat for the rider and all the other people in the boat. I have found through trial and error that all states have very different boating laws and you need to know your local law, which is difficult. There are a few states with nice boater regulation brochures but most, including TX, require a little more digging. For example, in TX you do not need an observer in the boat to tow a skier as long as you have a mirror, and obviously no skier down flag is required either.

i didn't know that about TX, I was always in OK unitl recenlty. I have used my comp vest the few times I have been in conroe or the gulf.

[turbonine]

I have a SWAT CGA and nonCGA. Just depends on what I am doing. If I am trying new spins, I wear the CGA.