Recreational Touring

The P & H Virgo CLX is a great choice for anyone looking for a kayak offering accessible performance for daytrips and the occasional overnighter. It's a compact, but uncompromising take on a classic sea kayak design, featuring a Corelite X three layer plastic construction and skeg fittings for ease of tracking in windy conditions. The Corelite construction reduces the overall weight of the kayak, meaning you'll notice the increase in efficiency and stiffness on the water.

The Palm Caddy Trolley is a compact and lightweight solution, ideal for transporting single kayaks and sit-on-tops with a maximum capacity of 60 kg. It incorporates a robust marine-grade aluminum frame and detachable pneumatic wheels, ensuring smooth handling even in challenging terrains and muddy conditions.

The Eckla Atlantic 200 serves as an ideal trolley for transporting sea kayaks. Its aluminum frame is designed for easy folding, and it includes a pair of wheels that can be conveniently detached and stowed in a kayak hatch. Additionally, it features a helpful loading leg to maintain stability during the loading procedure. For storage convenience when not in use, it comes with its storage bag.

The Eckla Atlantic 260 portage trolley is an excellent companion for manoeuvring challenging terrain with your kayak. With its aluminum frame, convenient loading leg, and large removable wheels, it provides substantial support. When you reach the water's edge, this trolley can be efficiently folded down flat and stored in your kayak hatch. It even includes its storage bag to keep all the components neatly organised when not in use.

The Palm Coniston is a mid range nylon spraydeck. It's available in five different sizes for optimum fit. It then incorporates a single sized adjustable waist. The front of the deck features a large release handle, while at the rear there is an adjustment tab to trim the fit. The deck itself is made from a mixture of 420D and 210D nylon. The top edge of the spray deck is then reinforced with super tough 1680D nylon, while the edge of the deck that attaches to the kayak is then made from a grippy PU sheath, which grips the boat well.

The Palm Sport Deck is a straightforward spray deck with shock cord, designed for effortless application and removal on a kayak. It is available in a variety of sizes to accommodate most kayak types, crafted with top-tier CR neoprene to ensure the highest quality.

The Streamlyte kinetic tour enthusiast is a two piece sea kayaking paddle that features a highly adjustable paddle joint kit. This great sea kayaking paddle features tough and durable nylon 12 blades and these are then mounted on a semi carbon paddle shaft. The centre of the shaft features a paddle joint kit which can change the leading hand, alter the feather between several different options and also alter the length of the paddle by up to 10cm.

The Robson Chlorophyll Tour FG is a high-end, single piece paddle for sea kayaks. It features a full fiberglass construction which provides good levels of stiffness, the paddle's shaft is then fitted with kayak drip rings to prevent the water running down them and onto your hands. The shaft itself is slightly ovalized, providing a defined grip for you hands which helps keep the paddle blades aligned correctly with the hands.

The Aqua-Bound Manta Ray Hybrid 2-Piece Posi-Lok is a split kayak paddle that can be used as either your main paddle or as a backup to store on the deck of your kayak, for use in emergencies. It features a fibreglass reinforced blade mounted onto a 100% carbon shaft. The Posi-Lock system allows the paddle to be split into 2 pieces for ease of transport and storage. The Manta Ray Hybrid also comes fitted with drip rings, which prevent any water from running off the blade and onto the paddle shaft.

The Aqua-Bound Manta Ray Carbon 2-Piece Posi-Lok is a high-angle kayak paddle suitable for sea kayaking and touring. It features a split shaft, which means it can double up as a spare paddle for longer trips and be easily stored on the deck of your kayak. The paddle feathering angle can be changed from 0 degrees through to 75% at 15 degree increments. It also comes fitted with drip rings, these are great for stopping the water from running off the paddle blade and down the shaft.

The Palm Drift Paddle is an entry level kayak paddle that's ideal for use with sit on top kayaks, crossover kayaks and the old relic that you've just dug out of the garage. This paddle comes in 3 sizes, 205cm 215cm and 220cm and it features a glass filled polypropylene paddle blade and an aluminium paddle shaft. This paddle also features plastic shrink wrap grips, moulded in hand grips and a set of kayak drip rings. These drip guards will prevent the water from running off the blades and getting your hands wet.

The Palm Drift Lite Paddle is ideal for activities such kayak touring and kayak fishing. This mid-range paddle features a glass-fibre shaft with a diameter of 30mm, along with a glass-filled propylene blade which provides excellent durability and performance. The paddle comes complete with drip rings on each end of the shaft and moulded hand grips on the right hand side for ease of finding the correct hand placement.

The Aqua-Bound Sting Ray Hybrid 2-Piece Posi-Lok is their most popular paddle, packing a high-performance carbon shaft with non-stop nylon blades. Weighing in lighter than Aqua-Bound's other comparable models at 30 ounces, the Sting Ray Hybrid is the lightest flatwater injection moulded kayak paddle available at this price point. The carefully engineered blade shape slices into and out of the water and limits fatigue due to wind resistance.

The MantaRay Hybrid combines fiberglass-reinforced Nylon blades with a lightweight carbon-fibre shaft, providing a durable and powerful high-angle paddle. The user-friendly Versa Lok system employs a secure lever that opens for easy length adjustment or feather change. Once you achieve the ideal fit, simply close the lever to secure it in place. With a 100% carbon insert, the paddle ensures smooth adjustment without unnecessary weight.

The Aqua-Bound Sting Ray Hybrid 2-Piece Versa-Lok paddle features their most favored blade design for calm waters. The Sting Ray Hybrid provides a snug, precision fit and dependable performance, along with a high-quality adjustable length ferrule.

The Pesda Press BCU Canoe and Kayak Handbook is a very important book if you are getting into paddlesport. It also works well in conjunction with the BCU Coaching Handbook.