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Checked & Updated August 16, 2008
Site additions up to Aug 2009

Sales and Rentals

Oahu:

Kauai:

†Kayak Kauai's comprehensive page of Stuff You Ought To Know About Kayaking Na Pali has been taken down, for some reason, but a similarly introductive article on Backpacking in Na Pali Coast State Park is available here. - Anyone interested in doing the coast and/or Park for the first time is encouraged to read it.

Maui:

Big Island:

Tours

(Please note that many of the rental shops listed above also offer tours)

Kayaking-related pages & Sites:

• American Canoe Association (ACA) - the umbrella organization that provides insurance for most of the U.S. & Canadian kayak clubs and groups, and offers certification for kayak instructors and guides
• Sit-On-Top Kayaking.com - the definitive resource for open-top paddling, by authors and out-of-state members Tom & Athena Holtey
• The KayakWiki - what do you want to know about kayaks?
• Ben Schorr - Personal page
• Tim Kern - (a non-member) on Maui
• Bob Walls - Personal page
• Jeff Jennings - kayaking photographer/videographer in Tasmania
• Matt Watton - another Tasmanian sea devil, with pix of kayak sailing rigs
• Audrey Sutherland - the Mother Of Us All - "By example she inspires, while at the same time shaming the rest of us for our compromises" - John Dowd
  • Sit On Top Kayaking.com - a Lifeline interview, revised by Audrey herself
  • Sea Kayaker Magazine - another interview, see how she never quite answers the intended question...
  • Honolulu Advertiser - Lifestyle article sucking up to readers older than the author
  • Mirabilis.ca - not exactly sure who this is, a kind of Our Amazing World (Lite)
  • Wavelength Magazine - Elizabeth Short's article about meeting AS in Alaska
  • And, of course, the books
• Sea Canoe Magazine - a review of Jeff Bennet's book about the wonders of inflatable kayaks

Kayak Clubs and Groups of Interest

• Hawaii:
  • AquaHunters - Isaac has a group on the Oahu and the Big Island that takes fishing REALLY seriously!
  • Hawaii Surf Paddlers - Elliot Wong and friends now have their own group for kayak surfers
  • Big Island Kayak Club - still in its early stages, lightly organized, paddles & hikes all areas of the Island
• Pacific / N. America:
  • California Kayak Friends (CKF) - an information-heavy site of a club of seayakkers, lake and whitewater paddlers
  • Seattle Sea Kayak Club - a club that kayaks in, umm, Seattle, I think...
  • Seattle Boating.com - Not a club per se, but a good page of links to many other clubs and kayak resources around the world
  • Gulf Area Sea Paddlers - GASP! Gulf of Mexico, that is.
  • UKC Kayak Polo - student group from Univ of Washington, they even have rules!
• Global:
  • New South Wales Kayak Club - down under
  • Investigator Canoe Club (South Aust.) - further down under
  • Maatsuyker Canoe Club (Tasmania) - WAY down under
  • Sea Kayak Italy - Ahh, the balmy Mediterranean

Lost or Stolen Kayaks:

• ItsBeenStolen - not kayak-specific, but does have a section on them
• Mariner Kayaks - so far mostly mainland whitewater boats, but every little bit helps.

Kayaking- or ocean-related general interest:

• All of the (non-GoogleEarth) aerial photos on this Site came from National Ocean Service's Mapfinder site. To bypass the homepage, click here, then click on "Search for Maps" then "Coastal Photography"
• Fishbase - more than everything you ever wanted to know about any fish, anywhere.
• University of Edinburgh - another exhaustive fish database, in case you want to get serious about it.
• Polynesian Voyaging Society - Historical, contemporary, mythical and factual information on the Hawaiian canoe and its role in the Pacific.
• Plenty of Knots and how to tie them!
• And for the textually-challenged, like our recent President (ahem), here is an animated knot-tying site! You can even download them (for a fee) to your laptop, and practice on the plane to Washington! (There's a lot more here than just knots. Dig around and see...)
• Hawaii Beachcombers has a mountain of information about Hawaii's ocean activities, and a couple of pages of particular kayaking interest: hawaii-kayaking.html and kayak-fishing.html
• Both The Presurfer and Dark Roasted Blend (DRB) are great ways to start off your Internet day, but be careful: it may take you a couple of hours to get back to work!
• And of course, for computer screen wallpaper that is literally out of this world, you just gotta start with the Hubble Telescope

Kayak Sailing, Kiting and The Windbag Regatta:

• Clubs and Sailors:
  • Maatsuyker Kayak Club - they do this a lot
  • Making A Sail - kayakforum.com's short links page on the subject
  • NSW Sea Kayak Club - one paddler's homemade design
  • NSW Sea Kayak Club - comparison of types of sails
  • John Thompson - inflatable kayak
  • Phil Dang - original design from Hawaii (SoTK site)
  • Brian Cunningham - why doesn't he just buy a sailboat?
  • Shipwrecked.com - a mailing-list for discussion of sail design
  • Carl & John's Paddlin' - a more scholarly approach to history and design
  • Rebecca Heap - step by step instructions
• Sails for Sale:
  • On Top Down Under - makers of PacificAction sails, and a sponsor of our Windbag Regatta
  • Spirit Sails
  • Hobie Sails
  • Quiver Sail
  • Zephyr Sails
  • Baidarka Boats
  • Castle Craft
  • Balogh Sail Designs
  • Kayaks Online - portal for Stuff For Your Boat
  • Kites Directory - kite-related news, books and web resources.

Kayak Fishing

There are so many fishing sites out there now (see the remarks on our own Fishing Page) that I have only included Pacific and tropical sites, and occasionally some others of particular general interest. At the moment, I'm trying to avoid commercial and retail-only websites.

• Aquahunters - Big Island and Oahu yakkers join forces for big-game and "extreme" fishing
• Coastal Kayak Fishing of Malibu, CA claims to be the first online KF site
• BoardFishing.com (La Jolla, CA) - as if fishing from a kayak isn't hard enough, try it from a surfboard!
• Kayak Fish Nation (So. Cal.) - okay, I just like any group that calls itself the Plastic Navy!
• North Wales Kayak Fishing - who said the Welsh only eat melted cheese on toast?
• Kayak Fishing Zone (So. Cal. & Baja) - A wild combination of product reviews, travelogues and how-to tips, Paul Lebowitz's gabby website reads like a three-dot column for KFers.

General-interest Sites

(These sites may have absolutely nothing to do with kayaking, Hawaii, or even the ocean - I just found them interesting, and in my capacity as Sitemaster, I merely offer them as a pleasant diversion)

• Internet Biodiversity Service - super search site for info about biodiversity, and portal for environmental resources (University of Edinburgh)
• Does anyone in Hawaii really care what time it is? Try the National Institute of Standards Atomic Clock and never be late to a paddle again.
• WhatReallyHappened.com - irrefutable documentation for just about every conspiracy theory since the assasination of Julius Caesar, and maybe even earlier.
• Don't know what vexillology is? Can't even pronounce it? Check out this deep site about all kinds of flags and pennants.