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Virginia Boating Safety Education Requirements
PERSONAL WATER CRAFT (PWC)
- & YOUNGER
- & YOUNGER
- & YOUNGER
- OPERATORS
- BY THE YEAR
- BY THE YEAR
- BY THE YEAR
- BY THE YEAR
ALL MOTOR BOATS
- & YOUNGER
- & YOUNGER
- & YOUNGER
- & YOUNGER
- & YOUNGER
- OPERATORS
- BY THE YEAR
- BY THE YEAR
- BY THE YEAR
- BY THE YEAR
- BY THE YEAR
- BY THE YEAR
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
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Age Restrictions
- No one under the age of 14 may operate any personal watercraft (PWC) on Virginia
State Waters.
- Children under the age of 13 must wear a properly fitted Personal Flotation Device
(life jacket) when onboard any vessel that is underway unless they are below deck
or in an enclosed cabin.
Important Note
The online boating safety course covers a
wide range of operating laws in Virginia. For a complete listing of Virginia's boat
operating rules and regulations, please consult the Virginia Department of Game
and Inland Fisheries website at
www.dgif.virginia.gov