(a) No person shall operate a vessel on any waters of this territory for towing a person or persons on water skis, or a surfboard, or similar device unless there is in such vessel a person, in addition to the operator, in a position to observe the progress of the person or persons being towed.
(b) No person shall operate a vessel on any waters of this territory towing a person or persons on water skis, a surfboard, or similar device nor shall any person engage in water skiing, surfboarding, or similar activity at any time between the hours from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise.
(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to a performer engaged in a professional exhibition or a person or persons engaged in an activity authorized under section 301 of this title.
(d) No person shall operate or manipulate any vessel, tow rope, or other device by which the direction or location of water skis, a surfboard, or similar device may be affected or controlled in such a way as to cause the water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or any person thereon to collide with or strike against any object or person.
(e) No person shall operate a vessel for towing a person or persons on water skis or surfboard or similar device in any area designated as a yacht anchorage, nor shall any of the above devices be operated within five hundred feet of any shoreline where swimming is customarily carried on or where vessels are anchored or moored.