-”Today was windy, very windy. in fact the hum of the wind through the racked rods got too loud after an hour or so. Paddling the W in the wind is much easier than any kayak I’ve tried. No it’s not fast since none of them are, but the effort feels far less.
I had no problem going into the wind to get across the intercoastal and staking out on the other side was quite simple. Pointing the boat with my back to the wind gave me casting distance that had to be seen to be believed. That is along with the fact the W power cast is already really far.
Funny there were no other yakers out at all today. One fellow stopped by while I was getting the W prepared to go out. He made the comment about how he now believed what folks said about me going out under less than ideal conditions. I mentioned that the W made it much less of an issue.
Slow day for fishing only three small reds, none of which would have made a legal meal. But as always another adventure trip in the W, those are always worth it.
–Jeff”
On windy days I often find myself alone on the water in my w yak. It’s not that I’m a special guy, it’s just that other kayaks are too hard to handle and unpleasant to be in when the wind blows.
M
The W is without any doubt the best of all kayaks when you need to paddle under strong wind. I remembered that somewhere on this blog there’s an article about this, and I found it: http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/28/overcoming-windage-issues-paddling-and-tracking-in-strong-wind/
Pete
Thanks Pete, apparently there’s a lot of good stuff on this website
Yoav