Is there a minimum age involved in completing and passing a boating safety education course and, by doing so, being able to operate a motorboat or personal watercraft?
Answer For a personal watercraft, the minimum operator age continues to be age 16, except those 14 or 15 year olds who have completed and passed a course can operate. This has been the law since 1999 and has not changed. For a motorboat, there continues to be no minimum operator age and there is no minimum age requirement to attend a NASBLA approved boating safety course. However, it is fairly difficult for youngsters under the age of about 12 to complete and pass a course. Remember though that youngsters can operate a boat under onboard direct supervision of a person who meets the boating safety education requirement.
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