
No, Florida does not have any written law dictating that boaters must drive in a counter clockwise direction. It is however considered an "unwritten" law that boaters etiquette is to drive in a counter clockwise fashion. If you are an avid wakeboarder or skier, you know that the general rule of thumb is to drive the boat in a straight line, turn around 180 degrees at the end of each pass, and run the same straight line again. This prevents the wakeboarder or skier from encountering the ripples from the wake that the boat makes. Running in a counter clockwise fashion on a smaller sized lake will quickly destroy the water (make it very choppy) for the person wakeboarding or skiing. It is advised and generally understood if you are merely taking a joy ride and cruising the shoreline of a lake that you do so in a counter clockwise direction. Don't be concerned with the boats that are pulling skiers in a straight pass fashion. They are merely seeking to keep the water as calm as possible AND as...