According to the U.S. Coast Guard
Boating Safety Department, 57 PWCs in MS were involved in accidents between 2005 and 2012, resulting in one injury and one fatality, plus property damage.
What is in serious doubt, however, is the ensuing overreaction of the Suffolk County Legislature, which subsequently passed legislation effectively requiring all county residents operating «a pleasure vessel upon the waters of Suffolk County» to take an 11 - hour
boating safety course and pass a final exam before being issued a boating safety certificate by «the Commission of the NYS Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; by the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary; or by any other entity that offers a boating course that meets the standards set by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators.
boating safety course and pass a final exam before being issued a
boating safety certificate by «the Commission of the NYS Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; by the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary; or by any other entity that offers a boating course that meets the standards set by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators.
boating safety certificate by «the Commission of the NYS
Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; by the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary; or by any other entity that offers a
boating course that meets the standards set by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators.
boating course that meets the standards set by the National Association of
Boating Law Administrators.
Boating Law Administrators.»
Although the course is free, there will be a $ 10 fee, for persons 18 and older, for processing a permanent
boating safety certificate with the New York State
Department of Parks.
More information on how to comply with the
Boating Safety Education Requirement can be found on the Virginia
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries website http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/
boating/education/
boating-
safety-education-requirement.asp