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 Watertown. These spots are made for paddle craft. You carry the kayak or canoe down to a low dock, a roller launch or a gentle bank, with no trailer lane to block.
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 Watertown we list 12 kayak launches: Squibnocket Park Boat Ramp, Spy Pond Boat Launch, Blessing of the Bay Boat Ramp, Canoe and Kayak Launch, Canoe Kayak Launch, Cartopper Only Launch, Wayland Town Dock, Veterans Field Boat Ramp, Old Calf Pasture Boat Launch, Bade Canoe Launch, Route 225 Boat Launch and Town of Weymouth Boat Ramp.
More places near Watertown are on the map; good to know before you go: How to launch a kayak or canoe. Every one of the launches in the city: Boat ramps in Watertown, MA.