sAFETY ALERT

Brianna’s Law Notice & Phase-In

Safety Alerts:

1.     Brianna’s Law: all operators of motorized watercraft in new york state, inclusive of all tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties, must complete a state approved boating safety course.

Phase-in schedule

  • If you were born on or after 01/01/1993 you must complete a course by 01/01/2020

  • If you were born on or after 01/01/1988 you must complete a course by 01/01/2022

  • If you were born on or after 01/01/1983 you must complete a course by 01/01/2023

  • If you were born on or after 01/01/1978 you must complete a course by 01/01/2024

  • All operators of motorized watercraft must complete a course by 01/01/2025 regardless of age.

 

    2.   New York law requires that all children under 12 years of age wear a USCG–approved Type I, II, or III PFD while on board any vessel less than 65 feet in length (including canoes, kayaks, and rowboats) unless they are in a fully enclosed cabin

For SUPs - which are considered vessels by the USCG:

1.     PFD (Personal Floatation Device)

2.     Sound Producing Device

3.     Navigation Light - if on the water after sunset

4.     Visual Distress Signal (VDS) - subject to SUP length and time of day (if SUP 16’ or shorter, need to carry VDS between sunset & sunrise; >16’, day AND night)