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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Expert Resources

Atlantic Kayak Tours - Expert Center (info. on strokes and kit)
Animated Knot: Learn to Tie Knots
Rolling / Bracing Notes (thanks Mike)

Coaching

 "Detect and Correct" Tips and Pointers
 
 

Our Friends (very informative sites)

www.sweetwaterkayaks.com Tampa, Fla.
www.alaskakayakschool.com Homer Alaska
www.barrierislandkayaks.com North Carolina
www.seakayakingwestcork.com Ireland
www.seapaddling.com Ireland

Weather Issues

Storm Prediction Equipment   demo
Average Tempertures
weatherwise magazine
www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream
www.srh.weather.gov
www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov
Tide predictions for UK and Irish Sea
Hurricane site
Hurricane breeding patterns 
Isobars and Wind
Long Range Forecast
Oceanweather
Lightening Safety
Lightning Photographs
Canadian Weather Information
National Weather Service Lightning Facts
Questions and Answers About Lightning
Emergency Procedures During a Lightning Storm
Sierra Club: Lightning Safety
The Weather Channel: Lightning Information
The Weather Channel: Lightning Myths

Navigation

Moon Phase Information
Tides World Wide
NOAA Chart Maker
On-line Chart Viewer
Chart No. 1 - NOAA Publication
Compass and Navigation Equipment
Waterproof Charts
Royal National Lifeguard Institution (RNLI)
Sea Safety - The Complete Guide (from RNLI)
Ocean Navigator Magazine
The Barefoot Navigator

Conservation, Oceans & Birding

Bald Eagles
Fantastic Bird Photography  
Ocean Conservancy
Nature Photographers
Ocean Explorers
National Audubon
Save Our Seas
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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

Check out the ocean water temperatures going from New England to Florida.
www.marine.rutgers.edu...


Blogs
Seakayakingdotnet


Instructor Resource Sites:
                              Tidal Graphics