Overpowering itself is not illegal according to that handout.

"Connecticut law designates these dangerous operating practices as illegal...Hazardous Conditionis operating a vessel in a condition that causes a hazard to the occupants or to others on the waterways."

It goes on to list situations that could be considered hazardous by the officer - but it adds "overpowered" to the list when it's neither in the statute or the DEEP regs.



Chapter 268 Section 15-130a

Powers of officers re vessel in unsafe condition. If any officer empowered to enforce the provisions of this chapter observes a vessel being used without sufficient lifesaving or fire-fighting devices or in an overloaded or otherwise unsafe condition as defined in this chapter or in regulations of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and in his judgment such use creates an especially hazardous condition, he may direct the operator to take whatever immediate and reasonable steps that would be necessary for the safety of those aboard the vessel, including directing the operator to return to mooring and to remain there until the situation creating the hazard is corrected or ended.

DEEP Regulations

Nothing referring to Sec 15-130a