Illustration Life jackets
The life jacket rule for every paddler
What the Coast Guard requires on kayaks and canoes, and kids' vests with head support.
Life jacket rulesWe list 10 kayak launches within 16 miles of Lisbon. Kayak and canoe launches are put-ins built for paddlers: a low dock, a roller launch or a sandy bank where you can slide a boat in without a trailer. 2 more are within 50 miles.
Illustration Life jackets
What the Coast Guard requires on kayaks and canoes, and kids' vests with head support.
Life jacket rules
Illustration Ramp etiquette
Staging, courtesy docks and the Clean, Drain, Dry laws that can bring a fine.
Ramp etiquetteWithin 16 miles of Lisbon we list 10 kayak launches: Durham Boat Launch, Miller Park Boat Launch, Lincoln Street Boat Launch, Pejepscot Boat Ramp, Cherry Pond Boat Launch, Water Street Boat Landing #2, Androscoggin River Boat Ramp, Kayak Launch in Freeport, Mere Point Boat Launch and Yarmouth Town Landing.
Within 50 miles: Sawyer Park Boat Launch (Bath, 16 miles) and Little Sebago Lake Boat Ramp (Raymond, 17 miles).
A Coast Guard approved life jacket per person is the legal minimum around Lisbon, and kids under 13 must wear theirs under the federal rule.
How to launch a kayak or canoe explains the basics, and the map lists more places within driving distance of Lisbon. Every one of the launches in the city: Boat ramps in Lisbon, ME.