Cumbrian
Canoe Clubs
Carlisle Canoe Club has
about 250 photos, including the Eden, Greta, Rawthey, Allen, Nith, etc, as well as all the
usual "come and join us" stuff and past newsletters.
Copeland Canoe Club - a very smart site
Dallam Canoe Club - Based from Dallam School in Milnthorpe now
disbanded.
Duddon Canoe Club - Based in
Barrow and the Furness area.
Lakeland Canoe Club - Pool night Sunday,
Kendal
Lancaster and District Canoe
Club (not in Cumbria, but nearby)
Sedbergh Canoe Club -
West Cumbria Canoe Club
Visiting paddlers welcome at club events
Local suppliers
Carlisle Canoes does what it says on the tin. River, sea and lake kit.
Fyne Boats - Based on Windermere in the English Lake District, Fyne
Boat Kits stock and supply build yourself boat kits and ready built boats. Kits include
sailing boats, rowing boats, canoes and kayaks.
Solway Dory Sailing Canoes, rigs, plans and
accessories. Dave Poskitt, Solway Dory, 2 The Avenue, Grange over Sands,
Cumbria LA11 6AP UK.
UKCanoes Lancaster. Just 1 Mile off Junction 34 M6, A683 Lancaster
turn. Ideal if you are on your way up to or back from the Lake District and Scotland
WINDERMERE CANOE KAYAK
Ferry Nab, Windermere lake. Hire and sales. Launching. Dinghy sailing tuition. Bike hire.
Tea and ice creams from nearby.
Webcams with water in view
Cumbria
Greta at Keswick
South Tyne Garrigill Howhill
Whitehaven marina
Sawrey Ferry - Windermere Lake
England
Bigbury-on-Sea, South
Devon
Lee-on-the-Solent Sailing Club
Thorverton
Gauging Station Exe <-- 2.5 hours ahead of GMT
Wirralcam - LEASOWE LIGHTHOUSE, HILBRE ISLAND, HOYLAKE LIFEBOAT STATION, RIVER MERSEY.
Scotland
river Allan Dunblane
Mull of Galloway Webcam
Nith in Dumfries (downstream of Dumfries weir)
Wales
Abersoch
Local surfing webcam for
Llangennith beach on the Gower Peninsula, South Wales
National links
UK
River Guide
UK
sea kayak Guide Book
North West Sea
Kayak Group
Weather - A
useful weather site
Morecambe Bay Weather
<-- really good
BBC Cumbria weather
Tidal info
- any port next 7 days
newsgroup nntp://uk.rec.boats.paddle
Open Canoe Sailing Group A club for those who are interested in adding
sails to their canoes
Open Canoe Sailor
International Site - John Bull's own (John Bull is the founder and Commodore of the UK
OCSG, and author of "Sail Your Own Canoe")
British Canoe Union The governing body for Canoe Sport in the UK
Scottish Canoe Association The governing body for Canoe Sport in
Scotland
Welsh Canoeing Association The governing body for Canoe Sport in Wales
Canoe Association of Northern Ireland (CANI) The
governing body for Canoe Sport in Northern Ireland
Irish Canoe Union The
governing body for Canoe Sport in the Republic of (Southern) Ireland
International links
Webcams
Austria
kajak.at - flusse info
- in German but menu is understandable
France
Rabioux and L'argentiere la
besse
International Canoe Federation - as it says!
Craig O'Donnell's
fascinating site on cheap but effective ways of building canoes. Good info on
materials, sources etc.
Davey Hearn everything whitewater racing for sport, fun
and fitness. Good technique and fitness info for canoe.
Swedish Canoe Federation Source for Swedish Canoeing information.
Jim Michalak's boat designs
PakYak - a home-made
folding kayak you can backpack!
WCHA: Wooden Canoe Heritage Association
People who build ACA rigs and canoes such as Art Kleiner of Oregon, Lost In the Woods of
Ontario, Canada and Tom Tompkins of Virginia, can be found here. Useful information on
builders and suppliers; kept up-to-date.
Canadian Recreational Canoeing Assn.
Links to Norway and Canadian National Parks and provinces and Kanawa magazine.
