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Statutes > Alabama > Title33 > Chapter5 > 33-5-22_1Section 33-5-22.1
"Sailboard" defined; hull deemed flotation device.
(a) For the purposes of this section "sailboard" means any sailboat whose unsupported mast is connected by a snivel or a flexible universal joint to a hull similar to the hull of a surfboard.
(b) Any law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the hull of a sailboard shall be deemed to be a flotation device. Any sailboarder or wind surfer is exempt from any additional type of personal flotation device.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-465, p. 850.)