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OTHER SEA-KAYAKING RELATED SITES, BLOGS & MAGS These links are to other sea-kayaking related sites, including magazines with online content, blogs and personal sites I believe have useful content. Some will have been linked to specific articles elsewhere in the Almanac or Sea Trips pages. Many clubs and informal paddling groups have worthwhile sites as well, and are listed in the Clubs page although some of the more "outward facing" club sites with a greater range of generic content are listed here as well. National Associations are listed in the Clubs Page of the Almanac and in the relevant Sea Trips pages Ideas, suggestions or broken links? Please email me with details. |
| Adventure Kayaks magazine - Canadian mag with on-line back issues - ad heavy, but some good content when you find it. Atlantic Kayak Tours - US site with lots of technical, skills, safety and other sea kayaking related articles. Boatbanter.com is described as "a web interface to the best boating newsgroups" and seems to use a variety of Usenet type groups as its source. Boaters World Wide Browser - a compilation of a variety of "boating related" articles and links - no longer being updated, but there is some good kayaking content. Canoe Focus - UK magazine with some on-line content in their "Catalogue" section. Canoe & Kayak Magazine - US magazine with a range of on-line articles. Freya Hoffmeister's site and blog is well worth a view, especially if you're interested in Greenland style rolling. See this discussion too. Justine Curgenven - ("This is the Sea" and "This is the Sea 2") - check her blog - some good pics, write-ups and links, and also her site, CackleTV. Laurie Ford has some decent trip reports on paddling in Australian waters, some pronounced opinions and a well developed ego, and some interesting DIY and technical ideas. Doesn't seem to have been updated in a while though. Link sites - SEE Kayaks - a "link" site with a massive range of links, "with 1553 unique pages currently listed" (as at 22 March 2005). US orientated, but a lot of good general material. Also, check the massive list of sites and blogs listed on SKoogle, the "sea kayaking search tool". Maatsuyker Canoe Club - Tasmania - looks like that part of the world has decent sea paddling. Nice trip reports with plenty of pictures. New South Wales Sea Kayak Club - an Australian sea kayak club. Their site has a massive variety of useful material, including a range of technical articles. Northwest Sea Kayakers. Excellent website with plenty of useful info, and reports. An "informal" paddling group based loosely in the North West. Ocean Paddler - glossy UK magazine published bi-monthly. Early back issues on-line. Paddler Magazine - US magazine with a range of on-line articles from their back issues. Paddle Press - Canadian magazine with downloadable on-line version. Nice images and some good content. Paddlewise.net - US based semi-moderated mailing list with some good technical discussions. No "banter", just "content". Doesn't seem to have much added since about 2000, but interesting (if old) content. Paddling.net - US site with a wide range of articles, boat reviews, and buyers guides. Very US focused, but a wealth of material. Their archives hold a massive amount of valuable material on everything from skills & technique to cookery & knife sharpening. Sign up for their newsletter. Peter Carter has some interesting and controversial material on his personal site. Another "down-under" paddler with strong personal views on a variety of subjects. Doesn't seem to have been updated in a while though. Qajaq USA - superb US site dedicated to Greenland Kayaks - excellent regular downloadable newsletter, the MASIK. Scottish Sea Kayaking Photo Gallery - superb photos of Scottish Sea Kayaking, by Douglas Wilcox. Truly inspirational. Sea Kayaker Magazine - US magazine with some on-line articles. Sean Morley's site - the man who circumnavigated the UK and Ireland - solo. SeaPaddler.co.uk - Jersey based sea-paddling orientated magazine type site with a variety of articles, hints, pics and general sea-paddling advice. Sign up for their newsletter. SimonWillis.net by Simon Willis - Simon's blog, with links to his other websites. Of particular interest is Scottish Routes. South East Sea Kayakers seem to be an active, "informal" sea-kayaking group based (would you believe) in the South East. The Kayak Forum - US "links" site with a focus on kayak building as well as other articles and links to other disucssion forums. Wavelength Magazine - Canadian sea-paddling magazine - excellent on-line content with downloadable version. Blogs (A limited selection of what I believe to be some of the better blogs around) Cailean's Blog - Cailean Macleod's promo blog for his book. Freya Hoffmeister's site and blog is well worth a view, especially if you're interested in Greenland style rolling. Justine Curgenven - ("This is the Sea" and "This is the Sea 2") - check her blog - some good pics, write-ups and links, and also her site, CackleTV. On Kayaks - Ignacio Wenley Palacios' personal site - "my first year’s steps into sea kayaking". Paddle Log - a paddling blog by "Luke" who paddles out of Tower Hamlets in London. Paddleswithananasacuta.blogspot.com - the name gives it away - Peter Bisset paddles an Anas Acuta. Seakayakphoto.com - Douglas Wilcox's superb blog. SimonWillis.net by Simon Willis - Simon's blog, with links to his other websites. South West Sea Kayaking is Mark Rainsley's sea-blog - loads of links to other blogs as well as great pictures and commentary. Other non - Sea Kayaking sites worth visiting. Britishblades.com provides a wealth of resources for anyone "into" knives, axes and other sharp things. They also have good threads on lights, watches and other sparkly things. Nothing to do with sea kayaking specifically, but worth a look. BushcraftUK has a wide range of forums dealing with bushcraft, the outdoors etc. Worth a look. Nothing to do with sea kayaking specifically, but worth a look. Candlepowerforums.com is the place to look for just about anything to do with torches - it's quite amazing just what they do. Nothing to do with sea kayaking specifically, but worth a look. Song of the Paddle - dedicated to Open Canoeing so nothing to do with sea kayaking specifically, but worth a look for their trips, tips and general "outdoors" content.
Suggestions, recommendations, ideas for sites to include are all welcome - drop me a mail! If any of the links are broken, please tell me as well.
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(Updated 21-Dec-2009 )
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