[§200-10.5]  Sailing school vessels; rules.  The department shall adopt rules for the regulation and operation of sailing school vessels.  Until the rules are adopted, sailing school vessels shall be classified as recreational vessels and subject to rules adopted under sections 200-4 and 200-9 that pertain to recreational vessels; provided that sailing school vessels shall be exempt from:

     (1)  All requirements for permits and fees; and

     (2)  All rules pertaining to:

          (A)  Mooring or anchoring of recreational vessels at any offshore mooring area; and

          (B)  Living aboard a vessel while the vessel is moored within ocean waters of the State. [L 1996, c 188, §2]