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Stability

1. Fishing Kayak Stability
2. Balance is Key for Kayak Stability
3. SOT kayak stability, or lack thereof
4. A stable kayak for photography
5. How effective are outriggers for your fishing kayak’s stability?
6. Kayak Fishing Standing – And What If? (Stuff Happens)

Motorizing and Boating

1. Motorized Kayaks
2. Fishing Kayak vs Small Boat and Microskiff
3. Steering your microskiff
4. Why motorize a kayak?
5. You can’t get seasick in an S4 microskiff
6. Personal Watercraft (PWC) Fishing VS Wavewalk S4 Fishing
7. Canoe, Kayak, Boat or Multihull?
8. Transporting your S4 kayak skiff
9. Microskiffs
10. Seaworthy portable microskiff
11. The perfect boat tender: Wavewalk S4 By Captain Larry Jarboe
12. Full size spray shield for the S4 microskiff
13. Boat for waterfront property
14. Portable boats
15. The smallest and greatest skiff
16. Developments in Motorized Kayaks
17. Wakes are fun!
18. How to choose an outboard motor for my S4 microskiff?
19. Jon Boat Stability vs. Wavewalk S4
20. Testing 15″ short (S) shaft outboard motors with Wavewalk kayaks and boats By Captain Larry Jarboe
21. How to measure an outboard motor’s propeller shaft length?
22. Choosing an outboard motor for your Wavewalk 700 catamaran kayak
23. Keeping the cockpit of your Wavewalk dry at sea
24. Flats boat or bass boat, or something else?
25. A better two-person fishing boat
26. Thrust in Electric Trolling Motors for Fishing Kayaks

Choosing a kayak

1. Wavewalk 700 Reviews
2. Why motorize a kayak?
3. SOT kayak stability, or lack thereof
4. Why I became a Wavewalk kayak owner By Michael Chesloff
5. Are SOT Kayaks Safe For Offshore Fishing?
6. Kayak Touring
7. The secrets of the SOT kayak’s underside
8. Paddle vs Pedal Kayak
9. The Barge – a new class of fishing kayak

Fishing

1. In the fish – Filling an electric Wavewalk 700 kayak with Blue Catfish  By Captain Larry Jarboe
2. Ocean Kayak Fishing
3. More is less in your fishing kayak’s cockpit – Too much stuff and too little fishability
4. Kayak fishing with disabilities
5. Kayak Fishing As An Extreme Sport
6. Plenty of On Board Storage
7. Stand Up Kayak Fishing and Paddling – For Real
8. Kayak Fishing With Children
9. Fishing Standing in a Kayak
10. Fishing in Shallow Water

Paddling

1. Paddling in Strong Wind
2. Kayak Touring
3. Paddling 340 Miles in a W500 Kayak By Clint Harlan
4. Wavewalk kayak tracking a plus in strong tidal current By Art Myjak
5. Seal Launching Your Kayak
6. Paddling Over Submerged Obstacles in Shallow Water
7. Are Sea Kayaks Seaworthy?

Ergonomics

1. Ergonomics and Biomechanics in Kayaks
2. What Is kayak Back Pain, And What Does It Mean For You?
3. Lumbar Spine and Kayak Back Pain: Facts
4. Stretching in Your Kayak to Relieve Fatigue and Pain, and Improve Circulation
5. Range of Motion and Protection From the Fish – Kayak Comparison By Jeff McGovern
6. Casting From A Wavewalk Fishing Kayak Compared To Casting From Sit-In and SOT Fishing Kayaks By Jeff McGovern

Design

1. Design: Looks Matter
2. Personal Catamaran
3. The secrets of the SOT kayak’s underside
4. About fishing kayak design, innovation, upgrades, accessories, etc.
5. THE BARGE – A NEW CLASS OF FISHING KAYAKS
6. Paddle vs. Pedal Drive in Fishing Kayaks

Outfitting

1. NEW: Captain Larry Jarboe’s Motor mount for a 15 inch outboard motor for the S4 microskiff
2. NEW: Wheel cart for portable boat, kayak-skiff, and cartop microskiff
3. Toggle Bolts for attaching items to your small boat and kayak
4. Swivel seat for my S4 motorized fishing kayak By Terry Wilkison
5. A higher saddle seat for Wavewalk kayaks
6. Full size spray shield for Wavewalk S4
7. Watertight riveting in kayaks and boats
8. Aluminum rivets in fishing kayaks and boats
9. Dog on board
10. How to Avoid and Repair Scratches in Your Kayak