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Qajaq USA

Conn Yak, Connecticut Sea Kayakers

Yonkers Paddling and Rowing Club

Also, see links at Qajaq USA

SSTIKS (Pacific Northwest):  June 18-20, 2010

Hudson River Greenland Festival:  June 25-27, 2010

Qajaq TC (Michigan Training Camp):  Aug 27-29, 2010

Delmarva Paddlers Retreat (Lewes, DE):  Oct 1-3, 2010

Also, see events links at Qajaq USA

Harvey Golden's Kayaks of Greenland.  This is "the book" for detailed plans of greenland kayaks.

See also, for building, documentation, history, and culture:
Qajaq USA Bibliography
Qajaq USA Culture and History

Delftship, a boat design software package, is available in a free version.  The features of the free version are somewhat limited, so V.F. Timoshenko has picked up development of an open-source version called FreeShip.  Freeship seems not to have a home page, but can be found at various sites.  Here's a link to FreeShip Plus 3.1+, but you may want to search for newer versions.  FreeShip and Delftship files are cross-compatible.

Michlet, a free boat drag prediction package

Toni Vakiparta's site, which has Freeship/Delftship models of quite a few KOG kayaks, along with comparisons of predicted speed and technical characteristics

Freeship/Delftship model of the Goodnow, a kayak collected by Robert Peary's 1896 expedition to Greenland.  This kayak is displayed at the Sudbury (MA) Goodnow Library (hence its common name), and is close to the hearts of Walden paddlers.

Kayaks of Peter Strand

Fred Randall, specializing in museum replica s-o-f kayaks

Michael Silvius, builder of s-o-f kayaks and innovative hard-bottomed, soft-topped kayaks

Brooks paddle gear

Bug Head neoprene tuiliks and Greenland gear (sadly, going out of business)

Superior traditional kayaks, paddles, and gear