Where Did Our Kayak Get Its W From?
Some people think the name W Kayak is an abbreviation of Wavewalk kayaks. In a way it’s true, but there is also another source:
It is common for letters of the alphabet to be used to label different types of hull. For example, a V hull is one whose cross section looks like the letter V, and a U hull is one whose cross section looks like the letter U. The latter form is popular in canoe and kayak design. A new type of multihull design features M hulls.
Similarly, if you looked at a cross section of a W boat you would see a form reminding of the letter W, or more precisely a ‘Double U’ since the bottom of each of the W twin hulls is flat, I.E. more shaped like a U than a V.
When looking at the wake the W Kayak leaves behind its twin hulls the W shape can be easily perceived.
In fact, our W logo is shaped in a way that can be seen either as a wake or flat water or the crest of a wave - depending on how you choose to interpret it.
Yoav
Tags: hull, Kayak design, logo, W kayak
January 29th, 2008 at
I wonder where your boat got its “Kayak” from
January 29th, 2008 at
Tara,
Interesting question. This is indeed a new type of watercraft, and in the beginning we tried to name it ‘W Boat’ but we found that most our customers referred to it as ‘kayak’, and people who searched the web for a suitable boat for them to paddle looked for kayaks or canoes and not for ‘paddle craft’ or ‘paddle boat’.
So the writing on the wall spelled ‘kayak’, and we changed our product’s name to W Kayak.
Yoav