Boater Safety Class Required for ALL NY State Operators regardless of age. Class being offered.

[Bait Bucket]

  On 1/10/2025 at 2:03 PM, Morgan-E said:

Out of state residents are not required to have the boater safety class in order to operate a vessel on NYS waters 

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Where did you find this? Do you have the link, I can't seem to locate that. Thanks.

[UNREEL]

https://parks.ny.gov/boating/frequently-asked-questions.aspx

 

[chinook35]

  On 2/25/2025 at 1:02 PM, Bait Bucket said:

Where did you find this? Do you have the link, I can't seem to locate that. Thanks.

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I believe you need a course from your home state I took the following from the parks website 

I'm visiting New York. Will my safety certificate from my home state be sufficient?Yes, provided it was issued from your current state of residence, and the course was approved by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators. Look for the NASBLA logo on your certificate.

[chinook35]

  On 1/10/2025 at 2:56 PM, Morgan-E said:

It was not meant to "irk" or bend the feelings of anyone,  just clarifying that those coming from out of state do not need to take it. so that they do not panic over the NYS law.   Some people who looked at the law and the discussions have noted in conversations that the state is not requiring out of state residents to have a safety course to protect tourism and $ for the state (again, not a debate that this thread was meant to start).

 

Phil

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The rules are a little obscure  BUT an out of state boater operating in NY waterways WILL require a boater safety certificate issued by their home state. They don’t have to have the NY certificate but they still need one from home. No certificate = ticket and fine 

[Bait Bucket]

  On 2/25/2025 at 4:32 PM, chinook35 said:

The rules are a little obscure  BUT an out of state boater operating in NY waterways WILL require a boater safety certificate issued by their home state. They don’t have to have the NY certificate but they still need one from home. No certificate = ticket and fine 

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That's what it sounds like. Thanks. 

[Sundaze]

  On 2/25/2025 at 5:07 PM, Bait Bucket said:

That's what it sounds like. Thanks. 

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I spoke to the coast guard axillary at the NYS sportsman's show in Syracuse.  They said if you are from  out of state you need a boating certificate from your state.

[Bait Bucket]

  On 2/25/2025 at 7:05 PM, Sundaze said:

I spoke to the coast guard axillary at the NYS sportsman's show in Syracuse.  They said if you are from  out of state you need a boating certificate from your state.

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Thank you. 

[HB2]

Kathy will certainly make a lot of money from this in tickets and fines. 

 

I am sure she will use that money well . 

[rolmops]

  On 2/25/2025 at 11:13 PM, HB2 said:

Kathy will certainly make a lot of money from this in tickets and fines. 

 

I am sure she will use that money well . 

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The New York State 2025 budget is $237 billion. Even if the fines will reach one million dollars, it will be very small change and your friend Kathy really does not need it. I suspect that the fines income will go to the local authorities whose sheriff departments will hand out the fines.

Anyway, this is not about fines. It is an effort to make the water a bit safer for all of us.

I'll give you an example.

You are fishing happily in a cove and not moving your boat. A few jet fleas come racing through again and again real close to you. You pick up a registration number and phone it to your local friendly sheriff's department. They send a cop out who waits for the jet fleas at the ramp and asks for their boating license. Oops they don't have one. Now the local cop can fine them. Previously it was a he said, she said situation.

 

Edited February 26 by rolmops