Boating Help in NY ???

Question

We bought this new house came with a boat and I am wondering if I need a license to operate the boat in NY.

Do I also need insurance?

For jet-ski, do I need license and Insurance?

Answer 1

and the rules for certification to operate boats in NY....

Legal Requirements - Persons Required to Complete a Safety Course

Safe Boating Course You must hold a safety certificate if:

    * You operate a personal watercraft and are at least 14 years of age. Until 2009 operators age 10-13 can still operate with restrictions. Click on Navigation Law updates for complete information.

    * You wish to operate a motorboat (including personal watercraft) and you are at least 10 years old and less than 18 years old.

    * If you are less 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.

Answer 2

This is from the new york state dmv web site.

Does my boat require a registration?

The law requires you to register any boat that is motor-driven and is operated on public waterways in NYS. The boat requires a registration even if the motor is not the primary source of propulsion. If you operate the boat in NYS, you must register the boat with the DMV. After you register your boat, you receive a registration certificate that indicates the registration number assigned to your boat and a set of registration stickers.

You must paint or attach the registration number to each side of the bow of the boat. The characters must be:

block letters not less than three inches high,

a color different from the hull and easy to see,

legible from 100 ft. away during the daylight hours,

the only number on the front half of your boat.

You cannot transfer the registration number to another boat.

The registration sticker shows the month and the year that the registration expires. Attach each sticker in line with the registration numbers on each side of the hull, and three inches toward the stern of the boat.

What is the cost of a boat registration?

Boat registrations are issued for three years.  There is a registration fee and a surcharge for boating safety.  The fees and surcharges are calculated from the length of the boat as follows:

Less than 16 feet - $18.00 registration fee and $3.00 surcharge ($21.00 total).

16 feet to less than 26 feet - $36.00 registration fee and $10.00 surcharge ($46.00 total).

26 feet or longer - $60.00 registration fee and $15.00 surcharge ($75.00 total).

Answer 3

Take a boaters safety course, I may be on the same body of water with you. If its PWC aka jet ski the course in mandatory now. Insurance, not needed why take the chance?

Answer 4

they boat and jet ski need to be registered with dmv no insurance needed but helps if something happens

Answer 5

For a jetski, everyone needs a boating safety course and certificate. The boat needs to be licensed and insurance depends on the marina and if there is a loan out on it.

For the boat, everyone born after 1976, must take a boating safety course to operate a motorized vessel.. Again, the boat needs to be licensed in NY and insurance depends on the marina and loans. Be sure that the boat has the required safety equipment. You can get a listing from the DMV .You can take a boating safety course from a local United States Power Squadron in your area. Check online, www.usps.org