No person shall operate a vessel in a careless manner, without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other persons. Doing so could be a fineable offense under the Contraventions Act.

 
Examples of careless operation include:

• Jumping the waves of another vessel at an unreasonably close distance;
• Weaving through congested traffic at more than a slow speed;
• Swerving at the last possible moment (i.e. playing chicken ); and
• Operating a boat at a speed higher than necessary to maintain steerageway when near swimmers, non-powered vessels or cautionary buoys.