To help ensure our waterways remain safe and enjoyable, New York State will require all motorized boaters, regardless of age, to take a safe boating course and earn their safe boating certificate by 2025.
Those born on or after January 1, 1983, will need a boating safety certificate when operating a motorized vessel in 2023. In 2024 that will extend to those born on or after January 1, 1978, before applying to all operators of motorized vessels in 2025.
Boating safety certificates are required for recreational boaters using motorized vessels, including personal watercraft. Operators of non-motorized boats, such as kayaks and canoes, are not required to have a boating safety certificate at this time.
The New York Safe Boating Course teaches basic boating skills and encourages common sense and courtesy to all who share the water. Boaters can earn their certificate by taking a classroom course with certified New York State instructors or through approved online courses.
Classroom courses are a great opportunity for boaters of all ages, especially first time and youth boaters, to earn their certificates. Anyone over 10 years old can take this course.
Two courses will be offered in Webster, one on April 22 and the second on May 6, both at Northeast Quadrant Advanced Life Support, 1030 Jackson Road, Webster. Classes run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Registration is online only, and participants must pre-register prior to attending a course. To register, visit https://parks.ny.gov/boating/education.aspx or go to the link for the appropriate class:
•April 22 class – https://www.register-ed.com/events/view/197269
•May 6 class – https://www.register-ed.com/events/view/197270.
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