{"id":24588,"date":"2022-10-30T09:13:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T13:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=24588"},"modified":"2022-11-19T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T23:50:12","slug":"great-little-boat-we-have-a-lot-of-fun-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/30\/great-little-boat-we-have-a-lot-of-fun-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Great little boat, we have a lot of fun with it"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>By Drew Kirkpatrick<\/h5>\n<p><strong>North Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We live on the sound side, which is where we usually use our S4 skiff. Oceanside is pretty rough here at the bottom of the outer banks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24591 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kids-walking-towards-anchored-S4-microskiff-NC.jpg\" alt=\"kids walking towards anchored S4 microskiff, NC\" width=\"2257\" height=\"1270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kids-walking-towards-anchored-S4-microskiff-NC.jpg 2257w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kids-walking-towards-anchored-S4-microskiff-NC-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kids-walking-towards-anchored-S4-microskiff-NC-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kids-walking-towards-anchored-S4-microskiff-NC-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kids-walking-towards-anchored-S4-microskiff-NC-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kids-walking-towards-anchored-S4-microskiff-NC-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kids-walking-towards-anchored-S4-microskiff-NC-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kids-walking-towards-anchored-S4-microskiff-NC-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have hopped islands a bit crossing channels and such, but mostly we roll it down to street to the neighborhood pier and slide it into the sound.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24592 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-in-the-sound-NC.jpg\" alt=\"S4 microskiff in the sound, NC\" width=\"2257\" height=\"1270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-in-the-sound-NC.jpg 2257w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-in-the-sound-NC-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-in-the-sound-NC-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-in-the-sound-NC-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-in-the-sound-NC-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-in-the-sound-NC-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-in-the-sound-NC-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-in-the-sound-NC-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Haven&#8217;t really put much gear on it, we use 6hp Tohatsu. We mostly fish from our neighborhood pier, and use the skiff to beach on the sandbars on the sides of the intercoastal waterway to dig up sand dollars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24605 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-NC.jpg\" alt=\"S4 microskiff NC\" width=\"742\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-NC.jpg 742w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-NC-640x429.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-NC-200x134.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Great little boat, we have a lot of fun with it.<\/p>\n<p>I have a lot of folks ask about the S4 here, it certainly catches peoples attention<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24594 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-beached-6-HP-Tohatsu-outboard-motor-white.jpg\" alt=\"S4 microskiff beached 6 HP Tohatsu outboard motor, white\" width=\"776\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-beached-6-HP-Tohatsu-outboard-motor-white.jpg 776w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-beached-6-HP-Tohatsu-outboard-motor-white-640x688.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-beached-6-HP-Tohatsu-outboard-motor-white-186x200.jpg 186w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/S4-microskiff-beached-6-HP-Tohatsu-outboard-motor-white-768x825.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24608\" style=\"width: 1447px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24608\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/storage-system-for-S4-microskiff.jpg\" alt=\"storage system for S4 microskiff\" width=\"1447\" height=\"1025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/storage-system-for-S4-microskiff.jpg 1447w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/storage-system-for-S4-microskiff-640x453.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/storage-system-for-S4-microskiff-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/storage-system-for-S4-microskiff-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/storage-system-for-S4-microskiff-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/storage-system-for-S4-microskiff-1200x850.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Storage system for S4 microskiff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Drew Kirkpatrick North Carolina We live on the sound side, which is where we usually use our S4 skiff. Oceanside is pretty rough here at the bottom of the outer banks. We have hopped islands a bit crossing channels and such, but mostly we roll it down to street to the neighborhood pier and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/30\/great-little-boat-we-have-a-lot-of-fun-with-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Great little boat, we have a lot of fun with it&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":24590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24588","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\/24588","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=24588"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24609,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24588\/revisions\/24609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}