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Links
There is a wealth of valuable information online. Below are some links that we have found useful. We hope that you are able to use them also. Enjoy!

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NEW
NOAA Releases World Ocean Database
National Oceanographic Data Center

Whirlpools and Tidal Races
Pod Casts
World News Links


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
fin whale



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