{"id":21445,"date":"2020-02-20T22:27:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T02:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=21445"},"modified":"2020-03-13T09:12:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:12:58","slug":"my-wavewalk-s4-microskiff-with-a-5-hp-propane-outboard-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/20\/my-wavewalk-s4-microskiff-with-a-5-hp-propane-outboard-motor\/","title":{"rendered":"My Wavewalk S4 microskiff with a 5 HP propane outboard motor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>By Charles Taylor<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Florida<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21449 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/S4-kayak-skiff-still-in-the-box.jpg\" alt=\"S4 kayak skiff in the box\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/S4-kayak-skiff-still-in-the-box.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/S4-kayak-skiff-still-in-the-box-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/S4-kayak-skiff-still-in-the-box-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/S4-kayak-skiff-still-in-the-box-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/S4-kayak-skiff-still-in-the-box-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/S4-kayak-skiff-still-in-the-box-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21450 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/S4-kayak-skiff-on-pickup-truck-bed-and-wheel-cart-for-carrying.jpg\" alt=\"S4 catamaran micro skiff on pickup truck bed, and cart for carrying\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/S4-kayak-skiff-on-pickup-truck-bed-and-wheel-cart-for-carrying.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/S4-kayak-skiff-on-pickup-truck-bed-and-wheel-cart-for-carrying-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/S4-kayak-skiff-on-pickup-truck-bed-and-wheel-cart-for-carrying-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tires are quick release, and cart fits perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21451 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/battery-and-fishing-gear.jpg\" alt=\"battery and fishing gear\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/battery-and-fishing-gear.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/battery-and-fishing-gear-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/battery-and-fishing-gear-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The battery fits awesome<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21452\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chuck.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck selfie\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chuck.jpg 720w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chuck-482x857.jpg 482w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chuck-113x200.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Coolest thing I&#8217;ve done in a dozen years. Cold, windy, pouring rain and a small craft advisory. Perfect for trying it out. I grew up in Cape Cod. Always have been an adrenaline junkie. But old and mature enough to have only put the 5 hp Mercury on it. Propane is awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Not bringing the cart with me next time. But it was a one handed stroll to the boat launch fully packed. People kept saying &#8220;what is that&#8221;. I&#8217;ll have to print up some cards with the website\u00a0 to hand people. I&#8217;m going to launch at the beach next.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21465 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pickup-truck-with-S4-motor-kayak-skiff-attached-to-truck-bed.jpg\" alt=\"Pickup truck carrying S4 motor kayak skiff on truck bed\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pickup-truck-with-S4-motor-kayak-skiff-attached-to-truck-bed.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pickup-truck-with-S4-motor-kayak-skiff-attached-to-truck-bed-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pickup-truck-with-S4-motor-kayak-skiff-attached-to-truck-bed-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pickup-truck-with-S4-motor-kayak-skiff-attached-to-truck-bed-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pickup-truck-with-S4-motor-kayak-skiff-attached-to-truck-bed-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pickup-truck-with-S4-motor-kayak-skiff-attached-to-truck-bed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pickup-truck-with-S4-motor-kayak-skiff-attached-to-truck-bed-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21487 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/motor-kayak-on-pickup-truck-bed.png\" alt=\"motor kayak on pickup truck bed\" width=\"369\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/motor-kayak-on-pickup-truck-bed.png 369w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/motor-kayak-on-pickup-truck-bed-200x198.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 85vw, 369px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a long day it&#8217;s nice to back in and lock the gate. Got to watch the sunset for 2 hours tonight. Paradise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coolest thing I&#8217;ve done in a dozen years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":21448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21445"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21488,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21445\/revisions\/21488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}