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Maiden Offshore Voyage and Wheels For W500 Fishing Kayak – Ken From Katikati, New Zealand

Posted on December 9, 2011 by W kayak

I went out in the kayak for the first time this morning. The wind appeared to have eased off, so I went out from Beach Road at 8am. High tide was early this morning, so it wasn’t the best time to go, but I didn’t want to wait any longer to try it.
I ended up paddling in the sitting position, and felt quite happy with that, even though the wind got up and I ended up having to paddle into a 500mm chop and strong head wind..

I shall have to do some fine tuning in how I use it, but the bottom line is that I am thrilled with it, and it will get a lot more use than my [name brand sit-in kayak]. Continue reading →

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Boyd’s W Kayak Transportation Wheels – Ontario, Canada

Posted on July 16, 2011 by W kayak

Boyd and Sandy Smith, from Ontario, Canada, use their W500 kayak extensively, and needed a solution for transporting it to the water and back from it.
Boyd salvaged a pair of wheels from an broken golf cart, got some 2×2 wood and $10 of hardware, and created his version of kayak trolley, which serves the purpose perfectly. Continue reading →

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Wheels for Fishing Kayak Transportation

Posted on March 12, 2010 by W kayak

Here’s a new article called Wheels for Fishing Kayak Transportation. It summarizes various rigging projects that we know about in this field, thanks to W kayak anglers who’ve contributed their creativity, insight and pictures…

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Donavan’s Lighweight & Low-Cost Fishing Kayak Wheels, NC

Posted on March 6, 2010 by W kayak

Donavan Campbell is a W kayak stream fisherman from North Carolina, who contributed a fishing kayak review of his W300. His wheel system offers the advantages of being low-cost, simple, easy to make, and lightweight for carrying on board. It’s … Continue reading →

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Doug Hord, Kayak Fisherman, Long Island, NY

Posted on January 20, 2010 by W kayak

Doug had already contributed a short review of his W300 fishing kayak: -”Just came in from a couple hours in the inlet after work — 1 14# bass.  Got a 30 and a 16 last Sat night.  I don’t fish … Continue reading →

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