Table of Contents Introduction................................................................................. 2 Part One: Registration.................................................................................. 7 Part Two: Trailering......................................................................................13 Part Three: Equipment...................................................................................19 Part Four: Rules of the Nautical Road.....................................................29 Part Five: General Boating Requirements.............................................. 37 Part Six: Getting Underway.................................................................... 43 Part Seven: Specific Recreational Boating Activities...............................52 Part Eight: Personal Watercraft..................................................................59 © Contents copyright 2020 by the State of New York, Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Bureau of Marine Services. All rights reserved. 5