Charleston Area:
La Quinta Inn and Suites close to Folly Beach
www.charlestoncvb.com
Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.charleston.com
hotels
www.hotelrooms365.com
lots of hotel discounts
Folly Beach Hotels
Local Hotels from Cheap Tickets
www.charleston.the-hotels.com
pricing
Local Bed and Breakfast
Local Camping
Palmetto Carriage
Tours
fishing and boat tours
Time Out Sports Mt.
Pleasant
East of MauiCharleston
(two locations)


Folly Beach:
Folly Surf
Cam
Folly Ocean Waves Cam
City
of Folly Beach
Folly Beach Information
Folly
Beach History

Experts:
Atlantic
Kayak Tours
Technique
Kayak Technical
Information
Learn
to Tie Knots

Coaching:
Coaching Related Resources
Good
Debriefing Techniques
"Detect
and Correct" Tips and Pointers
BCU
Resources
International Kayaking Adventure & Travel:
www.blackabyseakayaks.com/au
Tasmania
www.kayakafrica.com
www.coastaladventures.com
Eastern Canada
Bay
of Fundy, Nova Scotia article
www.activenewzealand.com
www.explorerscorner.com
Worldwide tours
www.piragis.com
Boundary Waters area
www.kayakbc.com
www.tropicalnaturetravel.com
Brazil
Hooked
on Kayaking New Zealand

Our Friends (very informative sites):
www.bodyboatblade.com
Eastsound, Wa.
www.savannahcanoeandkayak.com
Tybee Island, Ga.
www.sweetwaterkayaks.com
Tampa, Fl
www.alaskakayakschool.com
Homer Alaska
www.barrierislandkayaks.com
North Carolina
www.seakayakingwestcork.com
Ireland
www.seapaddling.com
Ireland
www.ocean-two.com
local glass boat repair
www.stevemseakayak.com
New England instruction
www.doorcountykayaktours.com Door County, Wis
www.aventuraspanama.com
Panama

Weather:
Storm Prediction
Equipment demo
www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream
www.srh.weather.gov
Hurricane
breeding patterns
Isobars
and Wind
Lightening
Safety
How do Barometers Work ?

Navigation:
Charts
Moon Phase Information
Noaa Chart Maker
Chart 1
Royal National Lifeguard Institution
The Barefoot Navigator

Conservation, Oceans and Birding:
Bald Eagles
Ocean
Conservancy
Cape Romain Bird Observatory
Ocean
Explorers
Charleston Audubon
Whale Sounds


Equipment:
Sea Kayaks:
Current Designs
Valley Canoe Products
Seward Kayaks
Necky
Eddyline
Kajak Sport
Impex
Ally
Wilderness Systems
Nigel Foster Kayaks
Nigel Dennis Kayaks
Recreational Kayaks
Liquid Logic
Perception
Ocean Kayak
Riot Kayaks
Emotion Kayaks
Paddles:
Werner
AT
Aquabound
Bell
Epic
Lightning
Lendal
Sawyer
Swift
Harmony
Wenonah
Technical Outerwear:
Immersion Research
Extrasport
Palm
Kokatat
NRS
Gasket
Repair
Personal Floatation:
Astral Buoyancy
ExtraSport
Kokatat
MTi Adventurewear
Ruffwear
NRS
Spray Skirts:
Harmony
Mountain Surf
Snap Dragon
Kokatat
IR
NRS
Helmets:
Cascade
Grateful Heads
Sweet Protection
Predator
Wildwasser
WRSI
Booties/Gloves:
Chota
Keen
Glacier Gloves
NRS
Safety:
Kokatat
Northwater
Downstream
Salamander
NRS
Drybags/Boxes:
SealLine
Pelican
Otter Box
Seattle Sports
Watershed
Sandals:
Chaco
Keen
NRS
Teva
Car Racks:
Yakima
Malone
Trailors:
Seitech
Castlecraft
General Gear Sites:
Boat Books

Other Resources
Active Kayaks

Cold Water Safety Sites: (with thanks
to Richard Clifford)
Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia (lots of info here):
www.sarbc.org/hypo.html
www.sarbc.org/andrew1.html
and here:
www.hypothermia.org/index.html
(STATE OF ALASKA: Cold Injuries & Cold Water Near Drowning Guidelines)
www.hypothermia.org/protocol.htm
and here:
www.hypothermia-ca.com/
chuck sutherland's info:
www.enter.net/~skimmer/coldwater.html
Another cold water near death experience:
www.anbg.gov.au/jrc/kayak/wave/0047.html
Princeton University Center for Outdor Activity:
wwww.princeton.edu/~oa/hypocold.html
The National Outdoor Leadership School First Aid Handbook, section
on cold injuries.
www.nols.edu/store/ books/nc_wildfirstaid.shtml
University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program: "Survival in Cold
Water:
Hypothermia Prevention", by Chad P. Dawson
www.d.umn.edu/seagr/tourism/hypothermia.html

Former Sites of the Week
Kayak Master Info. Site
Adventure
Philosophy
Cold Shock
Maritime Library
Free Boating Charts
Greenland
Rolls
Marine Mollusks
Barrier Island Trust
Kayak Information
Welsh Kayaking
Buoy Weather
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