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Extra Large Flotation Modules For W Kayak

W kayak — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:44:53 +0000

The standard detachable plastic foam floatation module offered by Wavewalk kayaks is 56″ long, and 2.5″ in diameter. Its volume is approximately 250 cubic inches, or roughly 1 gallon.
The extra large (XL) “jumbo” detachable plastic foam floatation module offered by Wavewalk kayaks is 58″ long, and 4″ in diameter. Its volume is approximately 700 cubic inches, or 3 gallons. This means that it’s nearly 3 times as effective as flotation compared to the standard flotation module.
In other words, the XL flotation module offers a net buoyancy that’s almost three times bigger that that offered by the standard floatation module, or roughly 25 lbs, while the standard floatation module offers just about 8 lbs of net buoyancy.

Extra large (XL) and standard size detachable flotation modules

In practical terms, this means that you can make a very dense object weighing 25 lbs such as a led weight stay close to the surface of the water and not sink to the bottom, if you attach it to an XL flotation module.
An object’s density is measured by its volume divided by its weight.
The density of water is 1.
If the object you want to save from drowning is less dense than led, it can be heavier than 25 lbs and still be recovered by being attached to an XL flotation module. The less dense the object, the heavier it can be, since more of its weight will be supported by its own volume.
Objects with a density of 1 or less don’t require flotation to stay afloat, since the density of water is 1, and therefore they are lighter than water.
Most kayaks are molded from Polyethylene resins. Polyethylene is slightly less dense than water, but a Polyethylene kayak could still sink to the bottom if its hull gets filled was water because of the weight of the accessories attached to it, such as rubber handles, rod holders that have metal parts in them, and rivets, let alone a motor…

How To Attach Extra Large Side Flotation Modules To The W502 Kayak?

If you’re driving a motorized W502, you’ll be going at a high speed, which would raise the kayak’s bow, and lower its stern. In such case, the rear pair of XL side flotation modules might occasionally come in contact with the water, and spray you… In order to avoid it, you’d need to attach the front end of the rear flotation modules higher than the rear ends of the front pair, as shown in this image:

How to attach the front end of the rear float higher than the rear end of the front float

Note: XL flotation modules are wider than standard ones, and attaching them on the sides of your W kayak would make it less easy to paddle. Therefore, we recommend using XL flotation modules only in cases where they are required.

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Rolf and Bob Starting W Kayak Demo Days In Houston

W kayak — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:21:32 +0000

Rolf and Bob announced they’re starting a series of demo days for the W500 kayak in Houston and around it: Visit R&B WaveWalk of Houston Demo Days Page>>
Here is what they declared: -”As the ONLY dealers in the Houston and surrounding area, we want all of Houston to become familiar with the WAVEWALK 500 Super Kayak! With that in mind,we plan to schedule several,”Demo Days”, at various locations, so that the public can come out and take a WAVEWALK 500 for a spin and to ask any questions that you might have before taking one of these beauties home! We will see you there!!!”

New Dealer For Wavewalk Kayaks In Houston, Texas

W kayak — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:14:30 +0000

Rolf Hogfeldt and Bob Leatherwood are two W kayak fans who decided to take the next step and become Wavewalk’s dealers in the Houston area.

They founded R&B WaveWalk of Houston, and we wish them a lot of success!

New Website For Wavewalk Kayaks’ Distributor in New Zealand

W kayak — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:16:48 +0000

Hodgetts Ltd, Wavewalk Kayaks’ distributor in New Zealand launched their new website:

Hodgetts Ltd website front page

The website is very well designed, and features reviews, articles, movies and a lot of useful information.

Congratulations Dennis!

Record Numbers For Wavewalk Kayaks – Website Visitors and Movie Views

W kayak — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:01:14 +0000

Finally, our website broke the 20,000 barrier, with 20,468 visits in the past 30 days. This is after we’ve been hovering a tad below 20,000 per month during the season for a couple of years now
Two days ago, our website got 1,717 visits, which is a daily record.
On the same day, our YouTube videos got 1,550 views.

Not too bad for a small company in the kayak business, eh?

Yoav

Note: I updated the monthly number of visitors to reflect the growing numbers in recent days…