Boats and Gear

Boat Manufacturers/kits

ASSC UK - Nigel Dennis Kayaks
Boreal Design
Chesapeake Light Craft - Kits
Current Design Kayaks
Dagger
Eddyline
Gecko Boat - Surf Kayak, design online, Preston Holmes
Guillemot Kayaks - Kits
HandCrafted Kayaks neo-traditional sea kayaks
Hydra
Kayak Builders of Southern California - Great site for those anticipating building a boat
Kayakcano & Les Canots Bernier, CA - Manufacture your wooden boat (kits)
Laughing Loon - Custom and kits
Mariner Kayaks
Mega Performance Kayaks - UK
New Wave
Nomad Kayaks, CA - Kit
Northwest Kayaks
Ocean Kayak
Old Town Canoe
Perception/Aquaterra
Pygmy Boats - kits
QCC Kayaks
Redwing Designs
Seaward Kayaks
Seda
Splashdance - Kayaks from Italy
Wave Witch - Hunt Johnson designs
Wenonah Canoe
Whetstone
Wilderness Systems

Boat Manufacturers - Folding

Feathercraft
Folbot
Nautiraid Folding Kayaks
Klepper

Paddles

Black Bart Paddle Co.
Lightning Paddles, Inc.
Mega Custom Paddles

General Paddling Gear, Equipment, Paddlewear

Hardy Products
Harmony
Kayak Carrier Systems, UK
Kayak Fit
Kokatat.com
Lotus
Navarro Weather Gear
Northwest River Supply
Patagonia
Rapidstyle
REI - Paddling Gear
Salamander Paddling Gear
Whale Water Systems, pumps, UK

Safety and Equipment Recalls

United States Coastguard Searchable Database for Manufacturers and Recalls Database
National Safety Council on Life Jackets
National Safety Council on Inflatable Life Jackiets
National Safety Council Fact Sheet on Life Jackets 101
National Safety Council on PFD's "What's YOUR Excuse?"

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