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 2018 by the State of New York, Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Bureau of Marine Services. All rights reserved. 5