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W500 Sailing Kayak, Rafael Francke

I do enjoy the W kayak I got, it is really fun to use, and it sails very well without a need for rudder – Shifting my weight forward or aft will guide the boat up or down the wind. Continue reading

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A Fishing Kayak That Tracks Like an Arrow, and Turns On a Dime

Any kayak designer, paddler or angler would tell you that a kayak can either track well, or turn easily, and that the longer the kayak’s hull the better it would track, but the harder it would be to maneuver, and … Continue reading

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Some Basic, Practical Advice About Rigging Your Fishing Kayak

There’s a new article available on the exciting, complex, confusing, and often daunting subject of rigging your fishing kayak. The article is called Rigging Your Fishing Kayak: Some Basic Practical Advice The main message it conveys is that there’s no … 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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Fishability – How Fishable Are Fishing Kayaks?

What is Fishability? Dictionaries define fishable as an adjective meaning ‘that may be fished in’. By extension, the noun fishability can be used to describe the usefulness of a fishing craft for catching fish, from the angler’s well being and … Continue reading

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