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Links Checked & Updated Dec 28, 2020

Sales and Rentals

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Big Island:

Online Sales:

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 instruction and 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
• WikiPaddle - a wiki of world-wide paddling destinations, and a trove of info about kayaks in general
• Jeff Jennings - kayaking photographer/videographer in Tasmania
• 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
  • Hana Hou! - Hawaiian Airlines inflight mag's article about Audrey passing her 90th birthday
  • And, of course, the books
• Sea Canoe Magazine - a review of Jeff Bennet's book about the wonders of inflatable kayaks
• Folding Kayaks Forum - all things foldable
• Matt S., a novice kayaker working on his BSA Kayaking badge recommended this link he found really helpful: Water Sports:A Beginner's Guide To Kayaking. Thank you, Matt!

Kayak Clubs and Groups of Interest

• Hawaii:
  • AquaHunters - Isaac has a group on Oahu and the Big Island that takes kayak fishing REALLY seriously!
• 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.
• Global:
  • New South Wales Kayak Club - down under
  • Canoe South Australia - a competition-based club
  • Sea Kayak Italy - Ahh, content was I ere I saw Elba
  • Amalfi Kayak Tours - aahhh, Capri!

Camping, & kayaking- or ocean-related general interest:

• All of the (non-GoogleEarth) aerial photos on this Site came from National Ocean Service's Mapfinder site. Recently all the data was transferred to the University of Hawaii's SOEST site full of Hawaii Coastal Photographs, making it much easier to preview and retrieve specific areas. A must for off-island trip planning
• Fishbase - more than everything you ever wanted to know about any fish, anywhere.
• Australia Museum also has a big database on fish.
• 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! (There's a lot more here than just knots. Dig around and see...)
• Hawaii.com has a deep list of various beaches on the different islands, if you're looking for a place to launch. And if you're going to do more than one beach, I highly recommend "Beaches of Oahu" by John Clark, available from Amazon here and a few local bookstores as well. There's one for each island.
• One of the premier kayaking destinations in Hawaii is the Na Pali Coast State Park on Kauai, accessible from May to September, usually. Here is the DLNR's official page of information about the park, including restrictions and permit costs. The portal for all State Parks is here.
• The State now has a secure site for online State Parks camping permits, reservations, and payment thereof. You must register first, then you will be able to check on permit availability for different parks and dates.
• And not to be outdone, the City & County of Honolulu has a website for information about the parks and campsites on Oahu. To get a permit, start at this Seach Page, to check out availability on a given date, then continue on to make the rez. Permits on Oahu are in extremely high demand and short supply, so pre-register and do some deadline research first before you attempt to apply. Most campsites only become available at 5:00 PM on the Friday two weeks before the target date, so you need to have your fingers on the keyboard when the clocks roll around. Try and practice on a lesser-known campsite first, so you know the process - it's not really logical or linear, and involves some jumping back and forth between pages - and you can cancel the permit after you're done. Also, be aware there is a new plan to charge for various (hitherto free) campsites, but (as of Spring 2012) there has been no implementation of a payment method. Time will tell if it becomes real. There is a step-by-step instruction sheet here (PDF).

Kayak Sailing, Kiting and The Windbag Regatta:

• Clubs and Sailors:
  • Maatsuyker Kayak Club - they do this a lot
  • NSW Sea Kayak Club - a large library of training videos, beginning to advanced
  • John Thompson - inflatable kayak sailing
  • Phil Dang - original design from Hawaii (SoTK site)
  • Carl's Paddlin' - a beginner's brief on the various kinds of materials used in modern kayaks.
• Kayak Sails for Sale:
  • On Top Down Under - makers of PacificAction sails, and a sponsor of our Windbag Regatta
  • Hobie Sails
  • Castle Craft
  • Balogh Sail Designs
  • Kayaks Online - portal for Stuff For Your Boat

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
• Central Coast Kayak Fishing of Malibu, CA is a forum of kayakers and fishermen
• North Wales Kayak Fishing - who said the Welsh only eat melted cheese on toast?

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)

• 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.
• 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! (Gerard Vlemmings of Presurfer is no longer with us, alas, but his blog is in an archive somewhere and still accessible.)
• And of course, for computer screen wallpaper that is literally out of this world, you just gotta start with the Hubble Telescope