By Rafael Francke California Background Rafael owns a catamaran yacht that he and his wife Heidi designed. For the past six years Rafael and his family have used a Wavewalk 500 as a tender boat for it, as well as a versatile fun boat, which they sailed with a DIY outrigger. Rafael was looking to … Continue reading “Review of the Wavewalk S4 – first impression”
When you paddle your Wavewalk in waves without covering the front end of its cockpit, some spray may get inside, especially if you paddle through big surf. The water is drained to the bottom of the hulls, and it flows backwards to the rear part of the hull tips. Altogether, this is rather insignificant. When … Continue reading “Keeping the cockpit of your Wavewalk dry at sea”
What is a Catamaran? Definition: A Catamaran, a.k.a. ‘Cat’ is a twin hulled watercraft that features two slender, parallel hulls of equal size, and an upper structure that holds them together at a distance from each other. This structure makes the typical catamaran a geometry-stabilized craft, that derives its lateral stability from its wide beam … Continue reading “Personal Catamaran”
This page features links to reviews that owners of kayaks from our W700 Series have contributed. Each review features the full name and state of the Wavewalk owner who contributed it, as well as pictures that they sent us. We are very grateful to them! W720 First Impression By Mike Leonard, Indiana Crossing lake … Continue reading “W700 Series Customer Reviews”
This article examines issues related to the seaworthiness of kayaks in general, including fishing kayaks, and of sea kayaks in particular, and it discusses an alternative approach to sea kayak seaworthiness based on the Wavewalk Kayak concept, and on micronautics – the art and science of designing watercraft that are small and lightweight enough to … Continue reading “Are Sea Kayaks Seaworthy?”
