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Clothing, accessories, magazine & book publishers, parts & materials, sailing kayaks, sailing canoes

Pile of kayaking kit

Most of these suppliers are in the US or Canada. For the UK see www.kayarchy.co.uk. Continued from previous page about:
• Sea kayak stores
• Sea kayak suppliers
• Surf kayak suppliers
• Paddle suppliers

 

Sea kayak clothing

 

Jackets, sprayskirts, PFDs, etc

Manufacturers or importers who sell direct to the public:

The big boys, who we think sell only through retailers:

 

Roof racks

See Transporting Your Kayak.

Water purification

For multi-day trips kayaking or backpacking, you can't easily carry all the water you need for drinking and cooking. Unless you can expect to find a faucet or a clear, clean stream, you need a good filter which can rapidly produce a couple of pints of drinking water minus the chemicals, bacteria and smaller virus-sized pathogens.

Drinksafe Systems logoSo that your filter does not get clogged up with mud and bits of vegetation, it is a good ideal to sieve the water first through a high-capacity pre-filter. You can buy pre-filter and filter systems direct from www.drinksafe-systems.co.uk

 

Other accessories, parts & materials

 

 

Woodworking tools

For all woodworking hand tools, power tools, machine tools, abrasives, adhesives and books:

Boatbuilding wood

Timber for paddles, and cedar strips for strip-plank construction:

Marine plywood:

Polyester resin & glassfiber reinforcement suppliers

Epoxy resin suppliers

To buy boatbuilding epoxies by mail order - Noah's Marine again. See also Biocomposites. For technical information about epoxies from the big boys:

Skin materials for skin-on-frame boats

  • George Dyson. Heavyweight polyester and nylon. As far as we know, he does not have a website. Dyson, Baidarka & Co, 435 West Holly St, Bellingham WA 98225. Tel: 360-734-9226 FAX: 360-671-9736.
  • The Skin Boat School a.k.a. Spirit Line. Heavyweight nylon. www.skinboats.org
  • Kavon Filter Company of Wall, NJ. Heavyweight polyester, nylon and cotton canvas. www.kavonfilter.com

Sealants for skin-on-frame boats

For two-part urethane coatings try:

Materials for inflatable and dry bags

Neoprene for wetsuits

See Wetsuit Material. If you want to make a tuiliq or similar accessories:

  • Elios Sub in Italy will supply single sheets of neoprene foam from a huge range of manufacturers and specifications. www.eliossub.com
  • Macro International in California will also sell single sheets of clearance stock. www.macrointlco.com

Online marine supply stores (fittings, rope & paint)

Online camping and rock-climbing supplies

 

Waterproof fabrics, buckles etc

Metals & plastics

  • Online Metals, Seattle (mail order in USA and Canada, no minimum order, they sell sheet, bar, rod and tube stainless steel, aluminum, polycarbonate, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW), nylon and much more. www.onlinemetals.com

Books & magazines


Kayaking publishers & bookstores

  • Le Canotier. A Paris bookstore for kayakers. Their stock and their website are in both French and English. www.canotier.com
  • Pesda Press, www.pesdapress.com. Wales. Publishers of British Canoe Union kayaking books and others.
  • For "Instruction in Kayak Building", H C Petersen, published by the Greenland Provincial Museum & Viking Ship Museum, 1982, order online from www.atuagkat.com or www.qajaqusa.org.
  • Qajaq USA sells some sea kayaking books and publications including "The Little Kayak Book" by John Brand.

Sea kayaking magazines

Sea kayak booklist

Paul Caffyn, kayak circumnavigator and writer, has kindly provided us with his list of books about kayaking and canoeing. Who knew there were so many? Click here to view.

Sailing kayaks & canoes

 

Add-on sailing rigs

Kite power

Sailing canoes (plans and boats)

 

 

 

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• Paul Caffyn's booklist

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