The W Kayak as a Fishing and Touring Canoe?
When you hear ‘canoe’ you usually think of a big paddling and fishing boat for two or more adults, but it’s not necessarily true. Canoes come in all sizes, including very small ones for whitewater.
You may ask yourself what’s the point in canoing if double blade paddles are easier to use, but that’s a matter of perception, and for may people canoe paddles are more fun. Using canoe paddles presents an advantage in small rivers with dense vegetation, where a longer paddle could get caught in branches. It’s also easier to paddle the W in tandem using canoe paddles than it is with kayak paddles.
We recently added a preparation for a cockpit cover, which offers the passenger/s good protection prom spray and bad weather.
The W makes a perfect small canoe: It tracks well and isn’t prone to windage problems like regular canoes can be. It is also stabler and more comfortable than most canoes are. And last but not least, it’s also easy to cartop, which can’t be said about big canoes.
Photo courtesy of Pemi Baker River Adventures, NH
February 17th, 2008 at
Makes sense but why did you guys call it a kayak in the first place?
JL
February 17th, 2008 at
Great question
Technically speaking the W is neither a kayak nor a canoe, and it’s not even a catamaran in the full sense of the word: It’s a new type of boat that can be used for paddling kayak style and canoe style, as well as for other styles and applications.
In the beginning we called it W boat, but most people who saw it called it a kayak so we changed its name to W Kayak – to be on the same page with the market.
Yoav