Kari-Tek for all your paddling needs
Welcome to the Kari-Tek website. We manufacture the kayak roofrack - the Easy Load Roof Rack, kayak and canoe cradles, folding trolleys, webbing straps, portage straps. We also make canoe trailers and trailers for sea kayaks and river boats plus storage racks to your requirements. We developed the highly acclaimed Hydro Skeg® and now the Skeg Rudder System - available as self install kits.
Visit our online shop or our Ayrshire showroom for all your kayaking gear. We sell a range of sea kayaks: we're Scotland’s agents for Sea Kayaking UK, sea kayaks designed by Nigel Dennis, and agents for Kirton Kayaks, Rockpool and P&H sea kayaks.
We are also agents for Lendal and Swift paddles and Reed Chillcheater kayaking gear and much more...
Ideal for outdoor centres, the latest addition to our range of trailers is the new Easy Switch Trailer system. The system is designed to save you time, hassle and money, allowing a single trailer chassis to be switched quickly and easily between any of a range of cost-effective, free-standing load racks for boats - white water kayaks, sea kayaks or Canadian open canoes - or bikes. Read more about this great new trailer from Kari-Tek here>
Save money with Kari-Tek’s Spring Sea Kayak Sale - 10% off our stock SKUK sea kayaks and savings of nearly £400 on selected composite P&H Capella 167s. Plus we're updating our huge demo fleet so there are are great prices on a selection of ex demo sea kayaks. All sale sea kayaks are available for immediate collection.
The Sale is strictly while stocks last, so hurry over to the Spring Sale page for full details!
Click here for the Spring Sea Kayak Sale page.
Carbonlite 2000 is here!
We're delighted to announce that we've now taken delivery of the first British designed sea kayak to be made available in the amazing Carbonlite 2000 material. The introductory price for the Rockpool Alaw Bach sea kayak in Carbonlite is from £1850 and the boats will be in-store from Saturday 17 April. Stocks from this first batch are strictly limited and interested customers are urged to contact us as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!
New: books online!
We're delighted to announce that we now stock a range of great kayaking books. We have books of classic trips for open canoe (Eddie Palmer) and for sea kayak (Cooper and Reid), the latest instructional books on technique (Gordon Brown) and navigation (Franco Ferrero), plus Ronald Cameron's biography of Andy Jackson. They're all available to order online - click here to visit our bookstore!
New: Gordon Brown DVD!
Gordon Brown of Skyak Adventures on Skye has teamed up with Simon Willis, keen sea kayaker and former BBC video journalist. The result: an action packed 90 minute instructional DVD that takes you on a journey around the waters of Skye interspersed with coaching sessions by Gordon. The DVD is a must for the intermediate paddler looking to improve their skills. Click here to order>
Interested in an extended trial of one of our sea kayaks? Kari-Tek's kayaks, all of which are fitted with one of our own range of skegs, are also available to hire. Prices start from £20 per day for a single kayak. Click here for details.
The Kari-Tek Hydro Skeg® gives the ultimate in control. The revolutionary design uses simple, reliable hydraulics: no more wires to kink or ropes to fray. It’s virtually maintenance free, totally corrosion resistant and the blade retracts undamaged if knocked.
Skeg Rudder System
The new Skeg Rudder System (SRS) is now available. Both a skeg and an understern rudder, the SRS gives you maximum flexibility. With all the great features of the Hydro Skeg® plus the benefits of a rudder, the SRS is set to change kayak rudders for ever.
Click here for more about our Skeg Systems>
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Fresh fish in our shop!
We've a new range of T shirts in stock this summer specially designed for kayakers and canoeists by Ayrshire company Fresh Fish Clothing. More info>
Plus loads of new products, including this year's must have, the i-Pood (no really!), new river and sea kayaking cags, jackets and other clothing, bouyancy aids, collapsible crockery and floating binoculars! Click here to see featured products>
Kari-Tek are Scotland’s agent for SKUK kayaks - designed by Nigel Dennis - and local agents for Kirton, Rockpool and P&H sea kayaks. We regularly arrange free demo days in the Firth of Clyde area where you can try out the entire range of kayaks: click here for details.
This is Canoeing
A 2-disc celebration of canoeing, showcasing top single-blade paddlers in their pursuit of remote wilderness journeys or challenging white water.
From open canoe slalom races to 1,000 mile birchbark expeditions, multi-award winning film maker, Justine Curgenven captures the essence of canoeing in 12 short films. Due for release on 12 March 2010 - click here to pre-order online.
Shop online
Take a look at our extensive catalogue of kayaking gear and buy online: Sea Kayaking UK fibreglass sea kayaks designed by Nigel Dennis, Lendal paddles, Reed Chillcheater kayaking gear, bouyancy aids, compasses, towlines, paddle floats, paddle leashes, lighters, load straps, even magazines and DVDs. Note that all our prices show VAT at the new rate of 17.5%.
New showroom!
Many of you have enjoyed visiting our Ayrshire showroom. Over the summer we moved to an even better location with a smart new shop and showroom, plus a great new display of the widest range of sea kayaks in the west of Scotland.
Located just 7 miles east of the Ayr bypass, we're easy to find (see map on our Contact us page). Our great range of kayaking kit remains unchanged, plus of course we have the full range of Kari-Tek kayak handling products, from roof racks to trolleys, and our revolutionary skeg systems.
We'll have full details and pictures soon - and we look forward to welcoming you here to our new home!
We can supply cosmetic second and end-of-season P&H kayaks for prompt delivery: just ring 01292 571019 or email us at sales@karitek.co.uk
For more details on our range of P&H sea kayaks, click here.