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Brianna's Law has been passed by the NY State Senate and NY State Assemble. The bill is awaiting the governor's signature. No way to know if it would have prevented an accident or not. We certainly don't have all the facts on the either accident.

You are required to maintain a proper lookout at all time the vessel is underway-to avoid collisions. If the Captain is the only one aboard he also needs to be aware of his/her surroundings. When I have no-one aboard I am constantly watching my surroundings, side to side and behind. to check for...

Pequa 1 as you know, I teach Boating Safety for NY State. Negligence is hard to overcome no matter how much education is required. The Moriches accident has me asking, Where were the required lookouts? Lookouts are required at all times a vessel is underway. Three people on board and no-one...

Pequa 1. No keeper Fluke off Port Jeff today. I only had one keeper so far this year. They seem to be getting smaller not bigger. The good news is not many sea robins either. Catch of the day was a large Porgy, about 17 inches caught at Middle Grounds.

Caught many kingfish and weakfish in the western sound years ago. Mostly in the Glen Cove area. BTW Kingfish are delicious

Any fish caught in Long Island Sound is a rarity these days.

Pequa1 No word on any grandfathering-positive or negative.

The reason for the five year window is in part, there would be too many people to certify in one year. If you remember when Suffolk County passed a similar law(which was over-ridden by NY State) no one considered the amount of people that needed to be certified. I am an instructor for the NY...

Agreed. The sound has been very "quiet" so far this year. Not that last year was all that great either. Enjoyed your comments about years back. I have been fishing the Port Jeff area since the Mid 80's and it has slowly declined every year. I remember the Mack attacks in May and June. No macks...

Brianna's Law Here is the update on the phasing in of the law. It goes by the year in which you were born. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect January 1, 2020 and shall apply to all opera- tors born on or after January 1, 1993, provided further on and after January 1, 2021 and...

Just received some updated information from NY State regarding Brianna's Law. The law is expected to take effect January 1st if signed into law by the Gov. Cuomo The requirements are being phased in over a number of years depending on your birth year.

Pequa-1 The born after May 1st 1996 requirement was to slowly move the population toward having everyone take a Safe Boating Course. It was also for the politicians to avoid the "wrath" of the older seasoned boater. There were always proposals to slowly move the date back a few years at a time.

Avenger Steve Stern the Suffolk County Legislator who wrote the Suffolk Law represented the Huntington-Cold Spring Harbor area. Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor are "connected". Yes it was a bit of a knee jerk reaction to a tragedy in his backyard. The Captree accident just help call more...

Pequa-1: It is a hard questions to answer on percentage of people that have taken a Safe Boating Class. I have been teaching this class for about 15 years. I would say about 50% of boaters have taken a class. This is skewed to the higher side because if you are a boater who wants to operate a...

Pequa-When I teach Rules of the Road, Sound Signals are covered in depth. The average boater has no idea that five short blasts are the DANGER signal. Three short means the engines are in reverse ect. Most seasoned boaters don't know stand on or give way vessels. Boating Safety Classes...

I am an instructor for the N.Y. State safe boating program. Let me clear up a few things that were in the comments above. The Suffolk County Law from a few years back was in direct response to the tragedy in Oyster Bay. Not the Captree accident. Steve Stern was a Suffolk County Legislator and...

I am a NY State Safe Boating Instructor. The law (Brianna's Law) will require everyone who wants to operate a boat in NY State to attend a safe boating class. Classes are 8 hours and can be done in one session, or broken up over several dates. The NY State Class is 15 Chapters of material...

Did it finally stop raining?