[Paddlewise] Help with resources?

The Chesapeake Paddler Association (CPA) will be running a 
workshop for new and aspiring sea kayakers next month.  As part 
of a data package for our attendees, I'm trying to construct a list of 
helpful web sites geared, especally, for folks new to the sport or 
just thinking of getting started.  And I'm computerrily challenged!

Two years ago, CPA's Joy Hecht put together a good list of sites, 
but it hasn't been updated for a while and needs work.  Does 
anyone have a list of favorite sites that they'd be willing to share 
with our mid-Atlantic "newbies"?  I know this isn't an original thread 
for PaddleWisers, and if someone can aim me at the archives, I'll 
try to dig out the material that I saw going by a while back.  But 
see the last sentence in the first paragraph.

What we're looking for is any electronic resource that would be of 
interest to "newbies" --- or any sea paddler, really --- having to do 
with boats, gear, safety and first aid, racks, clothing --- general and 
special purpose --- and anything else that's needed or fun to have.  
Listservers, BBS's, whatever.  If you have an annotated list with a 
one-liner that describes the nature or purpose of the resource, so 
much the better.  All this electronic hyperlink stuff is still pretty 
much FM to me, so speak slowly and use small words, please.

(Apologies for any multiple messages --- a lot of us are members of 
more than one of these lists.)

Thanks!

Jack Martin
"Sea Kayaking 101" Coordinator, CPA
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