# Personal Watercraft **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 7, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630 "2009-09-07T17:37:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/1 "2009-09-07T17:37:06Z")
hey all, in order to ride one legally on the lakes/rivers all you need is just to take a boaters saftey course correct? if anyone has any more information on this, please let me know. thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dubnix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dubnix/32/6392_2.png) [@dubnix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dubnix)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/2 "2009-09-07T17:38:25Z")
99blackex should know this one … ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/3 "2009-09-07T17:44:12Z")
I’m pretty sure if you are over 18 you don’t need anything, though the boaters safety course is always a good thing to take before heading out on the water. ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/4 "2009-09-07T17:44:53Z")
> [@So when a Brake Bleeder breaks off...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/19): > > I’m pretty sure if you are over 18 you don’t need anything, though the boaters safety course is always a good thing to take before heading out on the water. I thought that too, until I got yanked by 3 Troopers on my jet ski last year. ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/5 "2009-09-07T17:45:50Z")
Oh damn, the laws changed then since the mid 90’s when I took the course ha ha. ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/6 "2009-09-07T17:45:58Z")
Unless they changed something you dont need anything if youre over 18yrs old. You can get your boat liscense at 14. ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/7 "2009-09-07T17:54:16Z")
yea, idk the guy at the saratagoa marina said you need to take a boat saftey course but i wasn’t sure if thats all i need so figured i’d ask you guys. ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/8 "2009-09-07T18:01:25Z")
Wierd… Maybe he thought you were younger? Idk… Google that shit :lol ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/9 "2009-09-07T18:05:38Z")
i think i may have to. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/10 "2009-09-07T19:12:36Z")
You need a valid NYS driver’s license. ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/11 "2009-09-07T19:14:24Z")
i belive there is more to it besides safety course ,law cjanged not all that long ago ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/12 "2009-09-07T20:00:45Z")
You do need a course. A guy I work with bought a jet ski last year and had to take a course. Sometimes theyre offered at fire departments. Thats where he took his. Probably too late in the year to take one now though. ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/13 "2009-09-08T05:08:55Z")
You need to take the boaters safety course. They changed it a couple years back. EVERYONE has to take it now, not just people who are \>18. Luckily our camp is on a private lake. Lack of Sherrif’s. ---
**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-watercraft/246630/14 "2009-09-08T07:09:26Z")
You need a license for jet ski’s not boats as long as you are over 18 I believe.