Comments on: Are Sit-on-Top (SOT) Fishing Kayaks Safe For Offshore Fishing? http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/09/22/are-sit-on-top-sot-fishing-kayaks-safe-for-offshore-fishing/ The World's Best Fishing Kayaks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:18:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Robin Gleason http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/09/22/are-sit-on-top-sot-fishing-kayaks-safe-for-offshore-fishing/#comment-6871 Robin Gleason Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:09:45 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=165#comment-6871 Pete, never to the side exactly but rather up top on the sides using rope and eyelet. I have taken ethafoam 2x4s and riveted them to the sides of a canoe. Never was it an ideal situation and I don't believe it will ever be, which is why the wave walk is the great design that it is. I built a catamaran last year out of corrugated plastic sign board and poly resin and glass, in an attempt to arrive where the W500 is. Always flotation was to prevent the unthinkable: drowning at sea. I'm 6'3" 275lbs. I thought about building my own W500 type model from epoxy, glass etc. but why? It's already been done and I can spend more time fishing and on the water in an already researched design and at a very reasonable price of ownership too. Pete, never to the side exactly but rather up top on the sides using rope and eyelet. I have taken ethafoam 2x4s and riveted them to the sides of a canoe. Never was it an ideal situation and I don’t believe it will ever be, which is why the wave walk is the great design that it is. I built a catamaran last year out of corrugated plastic sign board and poly resin and glass, in an attempt to arrive where the W500 is. Always flotation was to prevent the unthinkable: drowning at sea. I’m 6’3″ 275lbs. I thought about building my own W500 type model from epoxy, glass etc. but why? It’s already been done and I can spend more time fishing and on the water in an already researched design and at a very reasonable price of ownership too.

]]> By: Ronald446 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/09/22/are-sit-on-top-sot-fishing-kayaks-safe-for-offshore-fishing/#comment-6869 Ronald446 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:19:01 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=165#comment-6869 Still haven't figured out how to fish from a yak that has outriggers Too many lines snagged Ron Still haven’t figured out how to fish from a yak that has outriggers
Too many lines snagged
Ron

]]> By: Pete http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/09/22/are-sit-on-top-sot-fishing-kayaks-safe-for-offshore-fishing/#comment-6868 Pete Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:39:46 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=165#comment-6868 Robin, Just curious - did you actually add foam noodles to the sides of a fishing SOT kayak? I'm asking because that's adding 5" to the width of a kayak that's already too broad to paddle comfortably in most cases.. Pete Robin,
Just curious – did you actually add foam noodles to the sides of a fishing SOT kayak? I’m asking because that’s adding 5″ to the width of a kayak that’s already too broad to paddle comfortably in most cases..
Pete

]]> By: Robin Gleason http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/09/22/are-sit-on-top-sot-fishing-kayaks-safe-for-offshore-fishing/#comment-6866 Robin Gleason Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:32:14 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=165#comment-6866 SOT kayaks are easily stuffed with pool floaties like the ones pictured for the W500. They can be rigged all over them too. And the SOTs can be outfitted with outriggers and amas, I know because I've done it all and I've been going offshore for decades. The real point is that the W500 is a superior answer to the SOT for fishing and going offshore and it should be creatively rigged with boo coo flotation as well. Don't forget a survival kit, radio, whistle, compass, reflector and all that will expedite your rescue and life preservation if you go offshore in anything. My next boat will be a W500 after I finish constructing my 24 foot fiberglass epoxy outrigger canoe. SOT kayaks are easily stuffed with pool floaties like the ones pictured for the W500. They can be rigged all over them too. And the SOTs can be outfitted with outriggers and amas, I know because I’ve done it all and I’ve been going offshore for decades. The real point is that the W500 is a superior answer to the SOT for fishing and going offshore and it should be creatively rigged with boo coo flotation as well. Don’t forget a survival kit, radio, whistle, compass, reflector and all that will expedite your rescue and life preservation if you go offshore in anything. My next boat will be a W500 after I finish constructing my 24 foot fiberglass epoxy outrigger canoe.

]]> By: W kayak http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/09/22/are-sit-on-top-sot-fishing-kayaks-safe-for-offshore-fishing/#comment-5876 W kayak Sun, 22 May 2011 03:49:42 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=165#comment-5876 Alick, The W500 paddles better than SOT kayaks, including the one you mention (sorry about the little editing job - we don't mention other brands on this blog). The W500 is faster than monohull kayaks of comparable size, especially if they are designed for fishing, I.E. wide - as the one you mention. In case you're interested in reading about kayak speed, here's a very long technical article on this subject: http://www.wavewalk.com/KAYAK_SPEED_ARTICLE.html You shouldn't roll your W500 in the surf unless you're there to have fun surf playing in big waves, and then capsizing is just part of the game. Neither capsize nor recovery are a big deal if your W500 is equipped with side flotation (see: http://wavewalk.com/blog/2011/02/19/detachable-flotation-for-fishing-kayak/ ) Yoav Alick,
The W500 paddles better than SOT kayaks, including the one you mention (sorry about the little editing job – we don’t mention other brands on this blog).
The W500 is faster than monohull kayaks of comparable size, especially if they are designed for fishing, I.E. wide – as the one you mention.
In case you’re interested in reading about kayak speed, here’s a very long technical article on this subject: http://www.wavewalk.com/KAYAK_SPEED_ARTICLE.html

You shouldn’t roll your W500 in the surf unless you’re there to have fun surf playing in big waves, and then capsizing is just part of the game.
Neither capsize nor recovery are a big deal if your W500 is equipped with side flotation (see: http://wavewalk.com/blog/2011/02/19/detachable-flotation-for-fishing-kayak/ )

Yoav

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