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A Kayak Resource List for Boston and Adjacent Areas:
Message Boards:
Web sites with kayak related info including items for sale as well as
forums on kayaking and related topics
Canoeing and Kayaking Info - Paddling Net
http://www.paddling.net/
Northeast Paddler's Message Board
Northeast Paddlers Message Board
New England Sea Kayaker
http://members.aol.com/neseakayak/
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Outfitters:
Outfitters offering guided trips have kayaks for use on those trips,
and most sell their stock of used kayaks at the end of the season at
discounted prices, usually starting in mid September. Watch for email
notices from BSKC.
Eastern Mountain Sports
Hingham and Hyannis
www.ems.com
New kayaks, accessories and Kayak School.
Billington Sea Watercraft
Plymouth, Ma
http://www.billingtonseakayak.com/
508-746-5644
Instruction, guided trips.
Charles River Canoe and Kayak
2401 Commonwealth Ave, Newton (Norumbega area, Charles River)
617-965-5110
www.ski-paddle.com
email info@ski-paddle.com
Large fleet of kayaks at its home base in Newton for rental use on the
Charles, and the only source in the Boston Area for rental kayaks that
can be taken away for one or more day's use. Kayak sites for rental use
at Lake Cochituate, Framingham, and Charles River at Soldiers Field Rd,
Allston. Guided ocean trips, instruction for all levels, kayaks and
accessories.
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Essex River Basin Adventures
Main St., Essex, MA
978-768-3722
website: www.erba.com
email cmayfarth@hotmail.com
Specialize in guided tours through the marshes of the Essex River Basin
for unskilled kayakers. Instruction also available.
Kayaks of Martha's Vineyard
508-693-3885
website
email
John Moore gives guided trips along Martha's Vineyard, also lessons,
rentals, and kayak sales.
New England Small Craft
Rte 1, about 1/2 mi North of Rte 133 in Rowley, Ma
978-948-6118
Large inventory of kayaks, many different makes, often has used kayaks.
Also kayak accessories and clothing. The owner, Joel Thomas is very
knowledgeable about his wares.
http://www.nesmallcraft.com/
North Shore Kayaks
Tuna Wharf, Rockport, Ma
978-546-5050
www.northshorekayak.com
Sells new kayaks, guided day trips, also seasonal leasing of kayaks and
accessories with option to buy.
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North Shore Kayak Instruction
Newburyport, Ma
978-465-3290
email jraleigh@seacoast.com
Basic and advanced instruction by John Rayleigh and Keith Attenboro.
Also Greenland style paddling.
Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures
Westport, Ma
508-996-8885
www.ospreyseakayak.com
email cnsladd@cox.net
Basic and advanced instruction, guided trips.
REI
Reading (near I95/exit 40), and Framingham (Rte 30)
781-944-5103
New kayaks and accessories.
Wilderness House
Commonwealth Ave, Boston
617-277-5858
New kayaks and accessories.
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Books and Periodicals
REI (Reading and Framington), Wilderness House (Boston), New
England Small Craft (Rowley) have useful collections. Authors Dowd,
Washburne, and Hutchinson give an overview of sea kayaking.
Tamsin Venn: 'Sea Kayaking along the New England Coast'
put-ins, day trips, descriptive material: Connecticut to Maine
Lisa Evans: 'Sea Kayaking Coastal Massachusetts'
Detail for Massachusetts only
Miller: 'Kayaking the Maine Coast'
Day trips from Kittery to Cobscook
Burch: 'Kayak Navigation'
A classic on kayak navigation, 3rd edition most recent
Bumstead: 'Hot Showers'
B&B's, campgrounds, and inns along the Maine Coastline
Eldridge: 'Tide and Pilot Book'
Tidal data, mainly for the Northeast Coast. Annual editions.
Atlantic Coastal Kayaker
Magazine focusing on regional kayaking
www.atlanticcoastalkayaker.com/
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Miscellaneous
Outdoor activites guides
Connecticut Explorers Guide
Kayak Expedition to Papua New Guinea
Expedition Class
Marine suppliers
'Boats USA' and 'West Marine' carry NOAA charts for the Northeast
Coast, will order others. The stores are also good sources for marine
electronics, hardware, and fiberglass materials, but nothing
specialized for kayaks.
NOAA
Tidal data is widely available in newspapers, small booklets at
outfitters, online at numerous sites on the internet, and from
commercial programs for personal computers.
For the technically inclined there is the 'Manual of Harmonic
Analysis and Prediction of Tides', Special Publication #98, published
by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, US Dept. of Commerce. Among
commercial versions of this material for home computers is 'Tides and
Currents', by Nautical Software, gives NOAA tidal data in two regions,
East and West. The two regions cover coastlines of the entire
Continental US, Canada, Central America, the Bahamas, Alaska, and
Hawaii.
NOAA charts in digital form are available from many sources,
too large a list to give here; see the marine supply house catalogs.
Also available are computer programs in support of GPS navigation
devices.
Much information related to GPS navigation is scattered over
the internet. A good place to start is http://joe.mehaffey.com for data
on consumer-level devices and an extensive list of links to other
sites.
Boston Harbor Police
give information on boating within Boston Harbor, 617-343-4721. For
information about the Harbor Islands, including camping, contact the
Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Management and Environmental
Police, Hingham, at 781-740-1605.
The Massachusetts Public Access Board
publishes 'Public Access to the Waters of Mass.', with data on
recreational water sites throughout the state including coastal sites;
phone 617-727-1843. Most of this is also available online at
http://www.state.ma.us/dfwele/PAB/Pab_toc.htm
Worldwide Adventure Sports
a "wiki" site The
objective of this site is to become an online reference point
for all adventure sports the world over.. Users from all
around the world can easily add photos and
articles. It includes a kayaking section.
Wordwide Adventure
Sports
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