Kayaks
Manufacturers
and builders of hardshell, foldable and inflatable kayaks, canoes and
boats are listed below. These links will take you directly to the manufacturer’s
websites.
Action Fish Kayaks
Manufacturer of wood strip kayaks and kayak kits. On-line information:
kayak designs, building information, ordering, and FAQ. Build your own kayak with a few simple tools or select their boat builders to hand build it for you.
Advanced Elements
Makes three different models of inflatable kayaks.
AIRE
Inflatable sea kayaks, rafts and catarafts.
All
Waters Kayak Co
Alberta manufacturers and distributors of single and tandem touring kayaks.
ALLY Folding Canoes
Makes a line of folding canoes and kayaks.
Aquadesign
Manufacturer of inflatable rafts, kayaks, sea kayaks and equipments.
Atlantis Kayaks
Canadian manufacturer of quality composite ocean kayaks.
Aussie Sea Kayak Company
Manufactures two fibreglass sea kayaks — the Korobra single fibreglass
and the Jabaru II double fibreglass sea kayak.
Azul
Kayaks
Offers three distinct styles of kayak designs, including north american,
british and techno.
Back Bay Boatworks
Company produces mini multihull boats including the Triton Tandem Sailer,
a 14-foot sailing kayak in a folding swing-wing trimaran configuration.
BassYaks
Makes kayaks outfitted with small trolling motors, perfect for fishing.
Bear
Mountain Boat Shop
Wood strip kayak plans and kits.
Benner Boat
Specializes in custom, hand crafted wooden sea kayaks using traditional
Aleutian building techniques.
Betsie
Bay Kayak
Wood kayaks & paddles based on traditional Greenland Inuit designs.
Black Dog Kayaks
Produces affordable, high quality, skin-on-frame kayak kits to build a recreational, touring, or fishing kayak.
Bliss-Stick Kayaks
New Zealand company manufactures a line of white water kayaks.
Blue Otter Kayaks
Limited production cedar strip kayak builder.
Boreal
Design
Full line of fiberglass, kevlar and carbon touring kayaks and paddles.
Brainwave
Manufacturer of surf skis and the Python kayak.
C-Kayak
The oldest plastic sea kayak manufacturer in South Africa.
Caillou
Boats
Sailing kayaks.
Canadian
Canoes Online
Wood kayak kits.
Chesapeake
Light Craft
Wide variety of wood kayak kits and accessories.
Clarksville Boat Works
Boats for flat water and back water enthusiasts who enjoy camping, fishing,
hunting, photography or exploring.
Clear Blue Hawaii
Makes a unique line of transparent kayaks.
Clear Stream Fine Woodworking
Builds custom wood kayaks and canoes.
Clearwater
Designs
Manufacturer specializes in polyethylene canoes and kayaks.
Cobra
Kayaks
Full line of plastic sit-on-top kayaks including two that break down into
three sections for traveling.
Common
Sense Boats and Books
Building plans for wood kayaks.
Current
Designs
Offers a complete line of plastic and composite touring and sit-on-top
kayaks.
Custom
Kayaks
Wood and fiberglass boats built to order.
Dagger
Plastic and composite sea, whitewater and sit-on-top kayaks.
Denascanoe
Hungarian boatbuilder builds wood canoes, kayaks, rowing boats and wood paddles.
Dimension
Kayaks
Sea kayaks and sit-on-tops.
Easy
Rider
Makes a wide variety of composite touring kayaks.
Eddyline
Kayaks
Offers a full line of sea kayaks made with a performance thermoplastic
material called "Carbonlite 2000". They also still make composite
kayaks, but they are a hybrid utilizing a Thermoplastic skin in place
of Gel Coat with a glass and Kevlar interior structure that is vacuum
bagged, creating a stiffer, lighter and stronger structure than straight
fiberglass.
Embarcaciones
P.C.G.
Spanish maker of composite kayaks and paddles.
Emerson
Andrishok Custom Wood Kayaks
Custom-made wood kayaks.
Emotion Kayaks
Makes recreational, sit-on-top and fishing kayaks.
Epic Kayaks
Produces racing, touring and recreational boats and paddles.
Eskimo
Kayaks
Full line of polyethylene whitewater kayaks.
Extreme
Interface
Makes kayaks, surfboats and waveskiis.
Feathercraft
Folding Kayaks
Folding kayaks featuring nylon skin over an aluminum frame and urethane
hull.
FirstLight
Kayaks
New Zealand company designs and produces lightweight folding kayaks.
Folbot
Folding Kayaks
Makes skin-on-frame folding kayaks.
folding-kayaks.com
Offers one of the widest ranges of folding boats
in Europe.
Foldlite Pakcraft
Makes a lightweight, folding hard shell kayak.
Fujita North America
Manufactures and sells folding canoes and folding recreational and touring
kayaks (Formerly FoldingCraft).
Futura
Surf Skis
Full line of sit-on-top surf skis.
Grandee
Kayaks
Australian sea kayak maker.
Great
Canadian Canoe Company
Offers a full line of touring kayaks.
Green
Valley Boat Works
Kayak kits and kayak building plans.
Guillemot
Kayaks
Building plans and wood kits along with a lot of tips and information.
Harbour Boats
Builders and designers of traditional style kayaks and small boats.
Heritage
Kayaks
Maker of sit-on-top and touring kayaks.
Hobie
Cat
Makes several sit-on-top models.
Hydra
Kayaks
Plastic whitewater and sit-on-top models.
Hydrovisions
Manufactures the Raptor 16, a lightweight high performance sailing/paddling
outrigger, stabilized by a unique pilot controllable hydrofoil.
Hyside
Inflatable kayaks.
Impex
International
Line of touring kayaks.
Incept
Manufactures whitewater and marine inflatable boats including rafts and kayaks.
Inflatable
Kayaking
Inflatable kayaks (what else would it be?)
Innova
Makes some great, fun inflatable kayaks and accessories.
Island
Wave Skis
Maker of a wide line of wave skis.
Janautica
Fiberglass and plastic sea kayaks.
Jammer
Boat and Canoe
Makes strong, stable and unique resin canoes.
Kajak
Sport
Several sea kayaks from Finland. Distributed through Global
Outfitters.
Kayak
Crafter
Makes a hand-built mahogany and fiberglass kayak.
KERO Inc.
A distributor of the TAIMEN folding kayaks in North America.
Kirton
Kayaks
Makes composite racing, touring and folding kayaks.
Kiwi
Kayak Co
Offers several sit-on-top and touring models.
Klepper
Folding Kayaks
Full line of folding skin-on-frame models.
Klepperwest
A factory direct and authorized importer of Klepper folding kayaks.
Laughing
Loon Custom Canoes and Kayaks
Wood strip kayaks and plans.
LIANGJIN
A China-based boat builder since 1986, is committed to the production
of composites flatwater kayaks and canoes, supplying all over the world.
They also offer composites, racing shells, dragonboats, canoe, polo and
slaloms.
Lincoln Canoe and Kayak
Makes touring kayaks in fiberglass and kevlar.
Liquidlogic kayaks
Paddlers designing kayaks that they want to paddle. Whitewater, Trekreation,
and Touring kayaks designed with performance in mind
little folding kayak company
Agent for Folbot in Canada and Klepper dealer at foldingkayaks.ca.
Loki High Performance Kayaks
Manufacturer of the Loki R, a 39-pound, high performance Carbon Fiber
touring kayak.
Maelstromkayak
French maker of several new kayak models.
Malibu Kayaks
A manufacturer of roto-molded, linear polyethylene sit-on-top kayaks, models suited to everything from beach-front surfing to angling.
Mariner
Kayaks
Touring kayaks in fiberglass and kevlar.
Maxim Kayaks
Builds custom wooden strip boats.
Mega
Performance
British kayaks and paddles.
Merrimack Canoe Company
Makes handcrafted, limited-edition canoes.
Mid-Canada
Fiberglass
Kayaks and canoes.
Murky Water Kayaks
Produces a diverse product line of composite kayaks.
Native Strippers Kayak Company
Produces beautiful cedar strip kayaks built to designs of native Inuit
and Aleut craft.
Nautiraid
Fiberglass and folding kayaks.
NC
Kayaks
Manufactures lightweight high-tech composite kayaks for all experience
levels.
Necky
Kayaks
Huge line of recreational, touring, whitewater and sit-on-top kayaks in
composite and plastic.
Newfound
Woodworks inc.
Wood strip kits and information.
Nigel
Dennis Kayaks
Composite sea kayaks.
Nimbus
Manufactures a wide variety of composite ocean touring kayaks.
Noah
International
Full line of whitewater kayaks.
Nomad
Plastic/fiberglass kits to assemble at home.
Norcan
Kayaks
Canadian kayak maker offer the fiberglass Norcan Touring GL.
North
Woods Canoe Co
Offers a trio of sea kayaks.
Northwest
Canoe Company
Offers hand crafted wood and fiberglass canoes, kayaks, and accessories.
Northwest
Kayaks
Full line of sea and whitewater kayaks.
Northwest
River Supplies
Online kayak retailer.
Ocean
Kayak
Full line of plastic sit-on-top kayaks.
Old
Town Canoe Company
Full line of recreational, touring and sit-on-top models.
One
Ocean Kayaks
Wood strip kayaks, kits and plans.
Orca
Boats Custom Boatbuilding
Custom built cedar strip canoes and kayaks, plans, course and accessories.
Osprey
Tours
Wood kits and building plans.
Ovi
Inflatable Canoes and Kayaks
Inflatable kayak maker.
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