Age Requirement for boat license in CT?

Question

I'm 13 years old and my family spends all our spare time on our sail boat. I'm looking into getting a wave runner also so my parents want me to take a boaters course. I love in Connecticut but we use our boats in Rhode Island. Do you have to be over 14 to get your license?

Answer 1

Children under 12 who have been issued the Certificate of Personal Watercraft Operation cannot operate a vessel powered with a motor of greater than 10 horsepower unless accompanied on board by a licensed boater 18 or older.

Boat operator licensing is overseen by: Marine Headquarters, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, 333 Ferry Road, Old Lyme, CT 06371, 860-434-8638. Call them to obtain necessary forms and course schedules. There is also a DEP Licensing office in Hartford at 79 Elm Street, 860-424-3105 where you can obtain and submit the forms necessary to obtain a Connecticut boating license.

If you already hold a valid Boating and/or Personal Watercraft certification issued by New York, Massachusetts or Rhode Island, you may use that certification to operate a boat in Connecticut.

For Rhode Island - they will accept your CT certification.