{"id":902,"date":"2021-12-07T11:22:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T10:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaarzeker.nl\/?post_type=nieuws&p=902"},"modified":"2025-07-11T08:49:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T06:49:28","slug":"age-driving-boat","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/www.vaarzeker.nl\/en\/news\/age-driving-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"At what age are you allowed to drive a boat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following age limits are in the law<\/a> determined for operating a ship.<\/p>\n

18 years: Fast motorboats. These are motorboats that can go faster than 20km\/h<\/p>\n

16 years: A large vessel (larger than 20 meters), a sailboat longer than 7 meters, a motorboat faster than 13 km\/h but slower than 20 km\/h<\/p>\n

12 years: A motorboat that cannot go faster than 13km\/h and <\/strong>does not exceed 7 meters in length<\/p>\n

No restriction: sailboats shorter than 7 meters and rowboats<\/p>\n

So children are allowed to sail and play with rowboats and sailboats shorter than 7 meters.<\/p>\n

Difference between mate and skipper<\/h3>\n

The above ages apply to both the skipper and mate. This is not always the same person. The helmsman is the one who actually steers; the skipper is the one responsible for the vessel (the captain). For sailing a fast motorboat has the skipper<\/em> require a boating license. The helmsman has this not <\/em>required. Thus, any person over 18 years of age may drive the fast motorboat as long as there is a skipper on board with the proper papers.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1664,"template":"","class_list":["post-902","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLeeftijd besturen boot: Alle leeftijdsgrenzen | Vaarzeker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Op welke leeftijd mag je een boot besturen? Veel kinderen zijn in overtreding. We hebben de leeftijd op onze website opgesomd. 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