Kayaking & Canoeing Resources A Category under "Links Main Page" |
paddling.net Paddling.net offers product reviews, associations, directories, buyers guides, places2paddle, weekly articles, photography and message boards. |
oldtowncanoe.com Old Town canoes are built on the same cedar forms, now more than 100 years old, and with traditions and craftsmanship passed on from father to son in their plant where generations of family members have worked. |
kayakmagazine.com On-line kayaking magazine with articles, news, store, calender, links, and more. |
americanwhitewater.org American Whitewater restores rivers dewatered by hydropower dams, eliminates water degradation, improves public land management and protects public access to rivers for responsible recreational use. |
acanet.org The American Canoe Association is a canoeing, kayaking, and rafting organization for promoting paddlesports and river conservation.... dedicated to helping people enjoy the outdoors using kayaks, canoes, and rafts since 1880. |
On-line kayaking magazine |
Paddler Magazine On-line kayaking magazine |
paddlermagazine.com Kayaks, canoes, bulletin boards, give-aways, contests, calender, blogs, and more. |
paddlesportsinfo.com Comprehensive resource for seakayaking, whitewater kayaking, canoeing and rafting...for finding outfitters, retailers, manufacturers or instructional centers. |
retailers, liveries, outfitters, manufacturers and retailers, liveries, outfitters, manufacturers and distributors.distributors. |
kayakonline.com Quick and easy way to find kayaking info about many topics, from hardshell and inflatable kayaks to paddles, gear, and more. |
wcha.org The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association is a non-profit organization devoted to preserving, studying, building, restoring and using wood canoes. |
unicornkayaks.com We offer skin on frame kayaks as well as quick build kits and kayak building workshops. |
atlantickayaktours.com is a very large and highly experienced kayak company in the New York tri-state area, specializing on the Hudson River Valley. They offer 75 different kayak tours and British Canoe Union instructional programs from New Jersey to Cape Cod. Star kayak instruction is offered at Annsville Creek. |
bellcanoe.com Operating out of Minnesota, Bell Canoe Works offers sleek and seaworthy designs suited for a wide range of activity...from lightweight backcountry travel on lazy rivers to whitewater, surfing, and play to traditional time-honored classics...built in lengths from 12' to 18'6". |
Maritime Attorney Tim Akpinar is located in New York City near Long Island Sound, but is available for legal assistance on kayaking law and canoeing law to individual paddlers, boathouses, rowing clubs, paddling clubs, kayak club, canoe clubs, organizations and partnerships throughout Long Island, New York Harbor, its rivers and creeks and canals, Brooklyn, Staten Island, the Bronx, Westchester, Queens, LIC (Long Island City), the East River, Hudson River, Raritan, Gowanus, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Upstate New York, Delaware and other waters of the United States. |
Navigable Waters or Non-Navigable Waters... it seems this distinction has the potential to impact upon kayaks and canoes more than other vessels or watercraft. If it isn't clear if a body of water is navigable or not, the Coast Guard or U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could provide information. The Army Corps of Engineers operates out of the following districts: State - District Alaska - Alaska Alabama - Mobile Arizona - Sacramento, Los Angeles Arkansas - Little Rock, Memphis, Vicksburg, Tulsa California - San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles Colorado - Omaha, Sacramento, Albuquerque, Kansas City Connecticut - New England Delaware - Philadelphia, Baltimore District of Columbia - Baltimore Florida - Jacksonville, Mobile Georgia - Savannah, Jacksonville, Mobile Hawaii - Honolulu Illinois - Chicago, St. Louis, Rock Island, Louisville, Memphis Indiana - Chicago, Detroit, Louisville Iowa - Kansas City, Omaha, Rock Island, St. Paul Kansas - Kansas City, Tulsa Kentucky - Louisville, Huntington, Nashville, Memphis Louisiana - New Orleans, Vicksburg Maine - New England Maryland - Baltimore, Pittsburgh Massachusetts - New England, New York Michigan - Detroit, Louisville Minnesota - St. Paul, Omaha, Detroit Mississippi - Vicksburg, Mobile, Nashville, Memphis Missouri - Tulsa, Kansas City, Little Rock, Memphis, Island, St. Louis, Omaha Montana - Seattle, Kansas City Nebraska, Omaha, Kansas City Nevada - Sacramento, Los Angeles New Hampshire - New England New Jersey - New York, Philadelphia |
Continuation of the list of regions served by the state offices of the A.C.E. The Army Corps of Engineers operates out of the following districts: State - District New York - New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Buffalo, Pittsburgh New Mexico - Albuquerque North Carolina - Wilmington, Norfolk, Huntington, Nashville North Dakota - Omaha, St. Paul Ohio - Buffalo, Huntington, Pittsburgh, Louisville Oklahoma - Tulsa Oregon - Portland Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Buffalo Rhode Island - New England South Carolina - Charleston South Dakota - Omaha, St. Paul Tennessee - Memphis, Nashville Texas - Ft. Worth, Galveston, Albuquerque, Tulsa Utah - Sacramento, Los Angeles Vermont - New England, New York Virginia - Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington, Huntington, Nashville Washington - Seattle, Walla Walla, Portland West Virginia - Huntington, Pittsburgh, Baltimore Wisconson - St. Paul, Rock Island, Detroit Wyoming - Walla Walla, Omaha, Sacramento |
Canoes and kayaks are truly unique among pleasure boats. Other than a racing shell, I can't think of a vessel with finer lines. In terms of purity, what more can you say about a vessel whose motive power comes from the muscle of its crew. As for being environmentally friendly, it's hard to think of a boat that embraces the earth with greater sincerity. But from a maritime law standpoint, there's something else unique about canoes and kayaks. Canoes and kayaks are comfortable on both navigable waters and non-navigable waters. The same kayaker who pokes around the "navigable waters" of a deep water harbor among ocean going tugs can easily take her kayak two hundred miles into the mountains to the "non-navigable waters" of a glassy millpond, surrounded by lily pads and algae slicks. The definition(s) of navigable navigable waters can seem confusing, but in a broad sense, "navigable waters" are waters that can be used for commercial transportation. The combination of being on navigable waters with involvement in "traditional maritime activity" results in kayaks and canoes coming under admiralty jurisdiction. "Traditional maritime activity" includes boating, kayaking, canoeing, and other activities on the water. It's funny to think of such a small vessel being subjected to the same laws as a supertanker. What does this mean? The section on recreational boating, together with an article from Windcheck magazine discusses this issue in more detail (click the "back" button to return here) In the maritime law links of this site, you can see a few court decisions that give an indication of what factors are considered in the application of maritime law to an injury case resulting from kayaking or canoeing. The cases are not "paddling specific"...they deal with boating in general. However, as kayaks and canoes are considered vessels, general boating law applies to them. It is an unfortunate and sad statistic that kayak and canoe related fatalities increased from 2003 to 2004. This point is raised in the Coast Guard's Pleasure Boat Accident Statistics. In analyzing their data, the Coast Guard discusses various factors that contribute to boating, kayaking and canoeing accidents. To read a little more about the legal issues that come into play in a kayaking or canoing accident, go to Boating Accident Legal Issues. © Tim Akpinar 2006 |
Links to sites that can be of interest to kayak and canoe enthusiasts. paddles and other equipment...magazines, organizations, and other sites. |