Boat Archive

Racing doubles have been at the core of Kirton from the beginning. Check out our legacy models here.

Here are our K4 four-man models. These are the longest boats we make - technically and physically a tough build challenge.

Over the years we've made a full rance of canoes including C1s, C2s and C4s.

Most of our sea kayaks are still in production, as long serving work-horses, but here are the sea-going craft we have gracefully retired.

Marathon racings, wasn’t always known by that moniker. In the good old days, it was called Long Distance and had a number of special racing classes. Here are our LD boats.

Our old range of super stable touring doubles, which preceded modern rotamoulded plastic models.

Our historical range of touring singles designed for enjoyment on canals and rivers.

Before rota-moulded plastic boats were possible, we were making some fine touring Canadian canoes.

Believe it or not, Kirton's first creations were Slalom Kayaks. Here's our complete range. We're a bit short on photos from this era so please get in touch if you have anything you'd like to include.

We only made a few slalom canoes. Here's everything from our archive. If you have action shots of these boats in use we'd love to see them and share them.

Although quite a limmited range, we even used to make kayaks to enjoy on the sea and it's surf.

Back in the 70's and 80's we were committed to making some excellent White Water Racing boats. Here is a list of all the craft we made.