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New Kayak Flotation Down Under, By Dennis Hodgetts, New Zealand

My son (24 and bullet proof) goes fishing in huge seas, up to 3 metre surf [about 10 ft... a metre is a meter spelled in non-U.S. English, or about 1.1 yard]. He has repeated this several times. Continue reading

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How to Keep Your W500 Fishing Kayak Cockpit Dry

Typically, very little water can get inside your W500 cockpit, because the kayak offers a high freeboard – more than any kayak does. This is true even when you’re launching in the surf, because you can lift the bow by sitting in the back of the cockpit, and thus go over the incoming waves, instead of through them, like you’d have to do with all other kayaks. Continue reading

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Rod Ratzlaff’s Article on the W500 Kayak – Colorado

Rod Ratzlaff, a Colorado kayaker and eclectic outdoorsman, got his W500 earlier this year, and we already published his ‘first impression’ kayak review on this blog. Since then, Rod wrote a full featured article about his W500 kayak, and kindly … Continue reading

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Rox’ Account of Her September Kayak Fishing Adventures. Chapter 1

Hi All, Here’s a recap of Septembers W500 adventures. I can’t believe September is come and almost gone. Fall is approaching way to fast this year, maybe it’s because June and July, we were faced with rain, heavy rains. I … Continue reading

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W Kayaking in Strong Wind

W kayakers usually report excellent performance of their boats under wind, mainly because it tracks well and offers various means for power-paddling and counter-affecting the wind. Here are some tips that can improve your W kayak’s performance when you’re paddling … Continue reading

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