I've learned a lot about general kayaking from the paddling.net forums -
lots of people there with a wide range of skills. (I show up occasionally
as VK1NF). It also has an easily-searchable archive. Any questions I've
asked have gotten a good number of serious responses. If you're interested
in building, then the Kayak Building Bulletin Board (Mike's link below) is
the place to be.
"Michael Daly" wrote in message
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On 20-Apr-2005, "NYC XYZ" wrote:

There seems to be a dearth of beginner's sites on paddling and things
associated with it

Start with Kayak Wiki:

http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-sys/cg...ki.pl?HomePage

Mike