(a) The owner of a vessel livery shall cause to be kept a record of the name and address of the person or persons hiring any vessel which is designed or permitted by the owner to be operated as a motorboat or vessel, the identification number thereof and the departure date and time and the expected time of return. The record shall be preserved for at least 1 year. When boats are 3 hours overdue or at the close of the day, the owner shall notify the Division of Fish and Wildlife.
(b) Neither the owner of a vessel livery, nor an agent or employee, shall permit any motorboat or any vessel designed or permitted by the owner to be operated as a motorboat or vessel to depart from the owner’s premises unless it shall have been provided, either by owner or renter, with the equipment required pursuant to this subchapter and any laws or regulations made pursuant thereto.
(c) Neither the owner of a vessel livery, nor an agent or employee, shall permit any motorboat or any vessel designed or permitted by the owner to be operated as a motorboat or vessel to depart from the owner’s premises if, in the owner’s opinion:
(1) The lessee is physically incapable of safely operating the motorboat or vessel; or
(2) The weather is prohibitive for safe operation.
23 Del. C. 1953, § 2121; 52 Del. Laws, c. 154, § 11; 59 Del. Laws, c. 576, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.
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