| 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. |