Here is the reaction from the law makers in Maine after the wonderful response from our loyal readers and fellow sail boat racers. I guess the state does have better things to do than to police our pfd wearing.

Hello, and thanks for writing –

LD 164 has been withdrawn and will not be proposed this session. The bill was not drafted the way I and the other sponsors wanted – we were concerned primarily with the 15 deaths suffered last season, mostly due to lack of PFDs being used on canoes and kayaks -

In any event, the bill will not proceed further – thanks again for writing, and please do so anytime.

Thom Watson

Rep. House District 62 (Bath)

trwatson@street-law.com

The state web site hasn’t been updated as of yet but I am told it will be updated soon. Things sometimes move a bit slow up there in Augusta.