As far as I know there is nothing unlawful about "doing doughnuts" but it makes for a good headline.
The violation was spelled out in the paragraph that said
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“in close proximity to other boaters and occupied docks endangering the lives and safety of the occupants, the other boaters and those on the docks.”
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So doing doughnuts on a PWC or any other boat with a jet drive is not, in of itself, a problem but doing them in the area quoted above would be a problem.
Sounds like, at minumum, a violation of the Safe Passage rule but since they charged him with careless and negligent operation is appears the MP thought he was endangering the lives of himself and the passengers on his vessel as well.