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Whetman Safety Equipment

Whetman Equipment is the brainchild of Steve Whetman, an experienced paddler with many years of whitewater and sea kayaking experience, with plenty of guiding, coaching and expeditioning under his belt.

With over 30 years of kayak and paddle-sport experience Whetman Equipment has become the company to go to for paddling and water rescue equipment. Producing and supplying unique towlines, spray-decks and safety lines that will make up the fundamentals of your kit pack!

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£118.88 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Watersports Clothing Spraydecks White-Water Gripper Spraydeck Whetman Equipment
Gripper Spraydeck
The Whetman Equipment Gripper, this is possibly the best kayak spray deck available. This is perfect for the most extreme kayaking that you want to do, it will easy stay put on the kayak even when running the b...

£106.46 (inc Vat)
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Pressure Spraydeck
The Whetman Equipment Pressure deck, a high specification neoprene spray skirt that is perfect for the extreme white water kayaking and also rough water sea kayaking. This kayak spray deck features a 4mm neopre...

£80.12 (inc Vat)
You save 10% Watersports Sea-and-Touring Safety-and-Rescue Towlines Sea Guide Towline Whetman Equipment
Sea Guide Towline
The Whetman Sea Guide towline is a kayak tow line system that has been designed with one thought... it’s easy to use! This sea kayak towline has a twin towing system, the main towline is 14m long and the second...

£66.61 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Watersports Clothing Spraydecks White-Water Force Spraydeck Whetman Equipment
Force Spraydeck
The Whetman Equipment Force Spraydeck, a great all round deck ideal for the intermediate paddlers. This is perfect for use on white water kayaks and is also great for use on sea and touring kayaks. The Force sp...

£39.96 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Watersports Equipment Safety-and-Rescue Rigging-Systems Pig Rig Set Whetman Equipment
Pig Rig Set
The Whetman Equipment Pig Rig set is a great water rescue kit that is perfect for while out white water kayaking. It contains 2 x Whetman 5m Ring Slings and 2 x Ring Pull Prussiks. This is perfect for setting u...

£35.66 (inc Vat)
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Patria 18m

£30.90 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Watersports Equipment Safety-and-Rescue Throwlines Orosi Quick Reach 12m Whetman Equipment
Orosi Quick Reach 12m
The Whetman Equipment Orosi is a lightweight mesh throwbag, containing 18 meters of 8mm Kernmantel rope.

£30.90 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Watersports Equipment Safety-and-Rescue Throwlines Tapir 18m Whetman Equipment
Tapir 18m
The Whetman Tapir 18m is a great kayak throw line that's ideal for all aspects of kayak rescue. The Tapir kayak throw bag features a mesh storage bag, making it compact, light and easy to dry. Internally there'...

£30.90 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Watersports Equipment Safety-and-Rescue Throwlines Tico 12m Whetman Equipment
Tico 12m
The Whetman Equipment Tico is a small compact kayak throwline. This kayak throw bag is ideal for close up kayak rescue situations. It Tico 12m is based around a mesh storage bag that contains a small float in t...

£26.47 (inc Vat)
You save 10% Watersports Sea-and-Touring Safety-and-Rescue Towlines Sea Contact Line Whetman Equipment
Sea Contact Line
The Whetman Equipment Sea Contact Line. A versatile sea kayak towline system that is available with 3 karabiner options. This kayak towline is ideal when you only need short lengths for use in emergency and clo...

£17.56 (inc Vat)
You save 12% Watersports Sea-and-Touring Sea-Kayak-Outfitting Decklines Reflective Deckline Whetman Equipment
Reflective Deckline
The Whetman Equipment reflective deck lines are supplied as a 10m length. They feature a 16/16 braid polyester kernmantel cord of 6mm diameter. This is then interwoven with a continuous length of reflective cor...

£15.55 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Watersports Equipment Safety-and-Rescue Rope-and-Tape Python 5m Ring Sling Whetman Equipment
Python 5m Ring Sling
The Whetman Equipment Python Ring sling is made from a 5m length of high grade webbing. The webbing has a breaking strength in excess of 10Kn. The one end of the kayaking safety tape features a 6mm marine grade...

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