(B) No person shall operate upon the waters of Lake Erie or the immediately connecting bays, harbors, and anchorage areas during the period from sunset to sunrise according to local time any of the following without carrying coast guard approved visual distress signals for night use:

1. (1) A vessel less than sixteen feet in length;
2. (2) A vessel competing in an organized marine parade, race, regatta, or similar event;
3. (3) A manually propelled vessel;
4. (4) A sailboat less than twenty-six feet in length with completely open construction and without propulsion machinery.

(E) Divisions (A) and (C) of this section do not apply to any of the following:

1. (1) Vessels competing in an organized marine parade, race, regatta, or similar event;
2. (2) Manually propelled vessels;
3. (3) Sailboats less than twenty-six feet in length with completely open construction and without propulsion machinery.