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NEW YORK STATE Requirements- Persons required to complete the course
- You operate a personal watercraft (regardless of age, you must complete the course).
- Youth Operators - Required to Complete the Course
If you wish to operate a motorboat independently and are between the ages of 10 and 18 years of age, you must hold a boating safety certificate (complete one of our courses listed). If you are less than 10 years old you may operate a motorboat (non-PWC) only if someone over 18 or someone between the ages of 10 and 18 who holds a safety certificate, is on board with you. Anyone may operate a personal watercraft if someone at least 18 years old is riding on the craft and they hold a safety certificate.
NEW YORK STATE - Personal Watercraft - Minimum Age of Operation
Amended NYS law which took effect January 1, 2006 raised the minimum age of operators of PWC to fourteen (14). To minimize the impact on riders currently under the age of fourteen (14) certain allowances have been made to phase in this new law.
Until January 1, 2009, those operators age 10 through 13 that have a boating safety certificate may continue to operate a PWC if they are accompanied by:
- someone over 18 years of age and that person is;
- within 500 feet on another personal watercraft or vessel and
- within sight of the personal watercraft and
- holds a safety certificate of their own.
Anyone who is under 14 after January 1, 2009 must wait until their 14th birthday in order to operate a PWC regardless of when they earned their certificate or whether they had previously operated under the riding restriction phase.
NEW JERSEY STATE Requirements- Persons required to complete the course
If you operate a personal watercraft (Jet Ski, Wave Runner, etc.) on the waters of the State of New Jersey you are required to possess a New Jersey boat safety certificate, additionally, if you are operating any other power vessel and you were born in 1959 or later, you are also required to possess a boat safety certificate. On June 1, 2008, all power vessel operators born in 1949 and later will be required to possess a certificate. As of June 1, 2009, all power vessel operators, regardless of date of birth, will be required to possess a boat safety certificate.
Exemptions: A boat safety certificate is not required for non-powered vessels.
NEW JERSEY STATE Minimum Age of Operation
There are two minimum ages, 13 years old for vessels powered by electric trolling motors, or vessels 12' or longer with less than 10 total HP.
Operators of all other power vessels, including personal watercraft, must be at least sixteen years old, this includes out-of-state residents.
CONNECTICUT STATE Requirements- Persons required to complete the course
To legally operate any boat with an engine or motor, other than a personal watercraft, or a sailboat 191/2 feet in length or longer, the following persons must obtain a Safe Boating Certificate:
- Residents of Connecticut
- Owners of real property in Connecticut
- Anyone using Connecticut waters more than 60 days in a year.
A person who has a valid vessel operator license by the United States Coast Guard does not require a Safe Boating Certificate. They must have a copy of the license on board the recreational vessel on which they are operating.
Operators of a personal watercraft, regardless of state residency, must possess a Certificate of Personal Watercraft Operation to operate on Connecticut waters. The Connecticut Safe Boating Certificate and Certificate of Personal Watercraft Operation are accepted in many states. Connecticut recognizes certificates from New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island for use upon our waters (see page 12, Reciprocity).
ALL COURSES LISTED by us in CT are "Combination Courses" and include both the Safe Boating Certificate and Certificate of Personal Watercraft operation. Take the course and you meet the requirements for boating and PWC operation.
CONNECTICUT Minimum Age of Operation
No person under 16 years of age, who has been issued a Certificate of Personal Watercraft Operation (CPWO) after March 9, 2004, may operate a personal watercraft without the onboard supervision of a person who is at least 18 years of age and in possession of a CPWO. Operators between the age of 12 and 16, who were issued a CPWO on or before March 9, 2004, may operate a personal watercraft by themselves, although the DEP recommends that they be accompanied by a person 18 years or older who possesses a certificate. All out of state boaters must be 16 to operate a personal watercraft by themselves.
No person under 12 years of age shall operate a vessel with greater than 10 horsepower unless accompanied by a person at least 18 years old. Both persons must have certificates to operate.
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