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		<title>Sailing The W500 Kayak With Outriggers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>W kayak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our cooperation with Jim Luckett, from SailBoatsToGo, yielded new, off-the-shelf kits for sailing the W500 kayak.  The kits are lightweight, and include outriggers, a steering system, and everything you need to attach them to the W500 in a short time, without drilling holes in the kayak. They turn the W500 into a stable, swift, easy to use, versatile and portable sailing craft for 1-2 persons. You can carry the W500 kayak on top of any car, and the sailing kit would fit in your trunk.  <a href="http://wavewalk.com/blog/2010/11/09/sailing-the-w500-kayak-with-outriggers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our continuous cooperation with Jim Luckett, from SailBoatsToGo, has yielded new off-the-shelf kits for sailing the W500 kayak.  The kits are lightweight, and include outriggers, a steering system, and everything you need to attach them to the W500 in a short time, without drilling holes in the kayak. They turn the W500 into an upwind, stable, swift, easy to use, versatile and portable sailing craft for 1-2 persons. The W500 under sail is a personal, mini sailing catamaran, or a sailing quadramaran, or a cartop high performance sailing boat.</p>
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<p>You can carry the W500 kayak on top of any car, and the sailing kit would fit in your trunk.</p>
<p>As previously shown, it&#8217;s possible to <a title="sailing standing in fishing kayak" href="http://wavewalk.com/blog/2010/09/10/upwind-sailing-the-w500-kayak-standing-up-no-outriggers/">sail the W500 kayak standing, and without outriggers</a>, but this is not for everyone, obviously, so adding outriggers to such a large size sailing rig is a good idea, or else the kayak might be overpowered.</p>
<p>In addition, we&#8217;ve come up with a clamp mounted transom mount for an electric trolling motor, which turns the W500 into a compact, cartop, high performance motor sailing boat.</p>
<p>For technical and pricing info, as well as demo videos go to <a title="sailing kit for kayak, outriggers for kayak" href="http://www.sailboatstogo.com/v_page.php?content=W_boat_wavewalk" target="_blank">SailBoatsToGo &gt;&gt;</a></p>
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		<title>Kayak and Canoe</title>
		<link>http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/04/15/kayak-and-canoe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>W kayak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kayak paddling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canoe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tagging the W as a canoe would be as technically correct as labeling it a kayak or a catamaran&#8230; It&#8217;s all of these and it&#8217;s neither, or shall we say that it&#8217;s basically a new watercraft with some canoe, kayak, &#8230; <a href="http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/04/15/kayak-and-canoe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tagging the W as a canoe would be as technically correct as labeling it a kayak or a catamaran&#8230; It&#8217;s all of these and it&#8217;s neither, or shall we say that it&#8217;s basically a new watercraft with some canoe, kayak, and catamaran &#8216;genes&#8217;&#8230;</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve already written posts about canoing the W, and here are some new pictures:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.wavewalk.com/Paddling_standing_in_fishing_kayak_Canoe_paddle_04_2008.jpg" alt="Paddling standing in fishing kayak using a canoe paddle" width="256" height="208" /></p>
<p>The canoe paddle made from half a 9&#8242; Mohawk double blade paddle outfitted with a T grip accessory is longer than most canoe paddles are, but it&#8217;s still a bit short for paddling standing in full comfort &#8211; if you&#8217;re tallish.  We hope to be able to offer an extension for it soon.</p>
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<p>And this is how you make a sharp turn &#8211; leftward in this case:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.wavewalk.com/Keep_the_C!_sharp_left_turn_04_2008.jpg" alt="Paddling standing in kayak - leftward turn with canoe paddle" width="256" height="208" /></p>
<p><strong>Leaning into the turn: </strong></p>
<p>The left hull carries most of the W canoeist&#8217;s weight, and therefore it sinks deeper than the right hull, which carries little weight.</p>
<p>Being more submerged the left hull generates more drag than the right one, and thus it acts both as a rudder and a &#8216;pivot&#8217; enabling sharp turns &#8211; that is relatively to this boat, which as a catamaran is a natural tracker.  -The paddler paddles on the right side.</p>
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