The 2025 Central New York Boat Show fills two buildings at the NYS Fairgrounds with more than 400 all-new models of power, sail, and non-motorized boats, personal watercraft, previously-enjoyed boats, docks, boating accessories, and a Marine Education Center with safe and environmentally-friendly boating information. Credit: New York Sea Grant
Brianna’s Law Now Requires Certification for All Ages to Operate Motorized Watercraft in New York Waters
Contacts:
Drew Wickham, Central New York Boat Show Manager, P: 585-526-5460, E: info@cnyboatshow.com
John Cannaday, New York Sea Grant Great Lakes Recreation and Tourism Specialist, P: 315-849-4436, E: jdc378@cornell.edu
Kara Lynn Dunn, New York Sea Grant Great Lakes Publicist, P: 315-465-7578, E: karalynn@gisco.net
Syracuse, NY, December 19, 2024 – The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, New York Sea Grant, and Central New York Boat Show have announced the dates for youth and adults to complete the New York State (NYS) Boater Safety Certificate Course at the 2025 Central New York Boat Show.
In 2025, all operators of a motorized watercraft, including personalized watercraft, in New York are required to have completed an approved boating safety class. The adult certification course will be offered on Friday, February 14, 2025 from 12:00-8:00 p.m.; the youth certification course will be offered on Saturday, February 15, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Both courses are free of charge and will be held in a conference room at the Expo Center of the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York. Registration is required; contact New York Sea Grant at 315-846-4436 to reserve seating. Each adult registering for the course will receive one free admission to the 2025 Central New York Boat Show; each youth registering for the course will receive three free admission tickets to the show.
The certified New York Safe Boating Instructors for these courses at the 2025 Central New York Boat Show will be U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 21 Past Commander Peter Wiles and New York Sea Grant Great Lakes Recreation and Tourism Specialist John Cannaday. Adults and youth must successfully complete the 8-hour boater safety training and the same-day proctored exam at the show to receive certification.
The 2025 Central New York Boat Show will feature exhibits in the Expo Center and Exhibit Center at the NYS Fairgrounds with more than 400 all-new models of power, sail, and non-motorized boats, personal watercraft, previously-enjoyed boats, docks, boating accessories, and a Marine Education Center with safe and environmentally-friendly boating information. Central New York Boat Show hours are 1-8 p.m on Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $12 per person, 13 and younger free; free parking and shuttle provided. Learn more at www.cnyboatshow.com.
More Info: New York Sea Grant
Established in 1966, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s National Sea Grant College Program promotes the informed stewardship of coastal resources in 34 joint federal/state university-based programs in every U.S. coastal state (marine and Great Lakes) and Puerto Rico. The Sea Grant model has also inspired similar projects in the Pacific region, Korea and Indonesia.
Since 1971, New York Sea Grant (NYSG) has represented a statewide network of integrated research, education and extension services promoting coastal community economic vitality, environmental sustainability and citizen awareness and understanding about the State’s marine and Great Lakes resources.
NYSG historically leverages on average a 3 to 6-fold return on each invested federal dollar, annually. We benefit from this, as these resources are invested in Sea Grant staff and their work in communities right here in New York.
Through NYSG’s efforts, the combined talents of university scientists and extension specialists help develop and transfer science-based information to many coastal user groups—businesses and industries, federal, state and local government decision-makers and agency managers, educators, the media and the interested public.
New York Sea Grant, one of the largest of the state Sea Grant programs, is a cooperative program of the State University of New York (SUNY) and Cornell University. The program maintains Great Lakes offices at Cornell University, SUNY Buffalo, Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Oswego, the Wayne County Cooperative Extension office in Newark, and in Watertown. In the State's marine waters, NYSG has offices at Stony Brook University and with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County on Long Island, in Queens, at Brooklyn College, with Cornell Cooperative Extension in NYC, in Bronx, with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County in Kingston, and with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County in Elmsford.
For updates on Sea Grant activities: www.nyseagrant.org, follow us on social media (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and YouTube). NYSG offers a free e-list sign up via www.nyseagrant.org/nycoastlines for its flagship publication, NY Coastlines/Currents, which it publishes 2-3 times a year.
