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 12 kayak launches within 16 miles of Stratham Station. No trailer needed: these launches are for boats you can carry, with a low dock, a launch rail or an easy bank.
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 Stratham Station we list 12 kayak launches: Chapmans Landing (Downtown), Newfields Town Landing, Piscassic Park Boat Launch, Jackson's Landing Boat Ramp, Hilton Park Boat Launch, Eliot Boat Basin Launch, Pierce Island Boat Launch, Traip Academy Boat Launch, Dover Landing, William A. Bray Memorial Park Boat Ramp, Kittery Point Boat Ramp and Pawtuckaway Lake Boat Access.
A Coast Guard approved life jacket per person is the legal minimum around Stratham Station, and kids under 13 must wear theirs under the federal rule.
More places near Stratham Station are on the map; good to know before you go: How to launch a kayak or canoe. Full list of launches in the city: Boat ramps in Stratham Station, NH.