| 11.__Operating motorboat without muffler.__A person may not |
operate a motorboat that is not equipped at all times with an |
effective and suitable muffling device on its engine or engines |
to effectively deaden or muffle the noise of the exhaust, except |
that motorboats that are operating in a regatta or race approved |
by the commissioner under section 13061 may use cutouts for these |
motorboats while on trial runs or competing in speed events, for |
a period not to exceed 48 hours immediately preceding or |
following such an authorized event. |