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Fishing
from kayaks is great in
principle,
but most kayak fishermen have realized by now that in
practice sit-on-top
(SOT) and sit-in kayaks
(SIK) leave much to be
desired
in terms of comfort and
performance. Our patented W Fishing Kayak solves these problems at
their root, and
offers you both optimal performance and the best fishing experience.
Stability: The
Primary Factor
Your
fishing kayak should offer you enough stability to fish and paddle
standing in
full confidence, even in saltwater - simply because fishing
and standing go
together.
Our
W Fishing Kayak's super
stability established new standards.
Watch
demo
movies.
The key is the
patented
combination between the stabler catamaran
design and the fact that your feet reach deep down to the bottom
of the hulls, below waterline, and you use your legs for balance
and control. For
more information
read our Fishing
Kayak Stability article.
Choose
Your Own Comfort
Can you imagine a less comfortable fishing position than the
traditional, kayaking position a.k.a. 'L position'?
It is so unusual
and
uncomfortable that it causes fatigue, circulation
problems,
leg numbness and back pains that no foot braces or cushioned kayak
seat may eliminate.
Our W Fishing Kayak's
patented,
high saddle and spacious cockpit
offer
you the
freedom to
switch anytime between numerous, comfortable fishing and paddling
positions including
standing,
sitting, riding, kneeling and a variety of intermediary positions. To
learn more visit our Ergonomics page, and this new
blog about kayak
fishing and back pain called 'Painless Kayak Fishing'.
As Dry
As In
A
Real Boat -
Sit-in and
sit-on-top fishing kayaks hardly offer you
enough protection from the elements, whether those are wind, waves or
spray. Continuous exposure results in the infamous 'wet ride' or
'soggy bottom' experience, cold, itch and even skin inflammation a.k.a.
'diaper rash'.
You
shouldn't get wet just because you're fishing from a kayak: Our W
Fishing Kayak
protects a 200 lb user with 13 inches of freeboard. Furthermore, the W
Fishing Kayak's saddle is self
draining in case some rain or
spray get inside the cockpit. For additional info see: surf
& ocean
Improved
Casting
From the riding
position you
get more power with casting or spinning, and you can throw to longer
distances than ordinary fishing kayaks allow you:
Riding with your legs
on
both sides of the saddle and your feet
positioned at the bottom of the deep hulls gives you a solid
and confident feeling,
and enables to put all your body
legs included into the cast.
A
Real, Full Size Cockpit and More Storage Then Any Kayak
The new
W500 fishing kayak offers more storage than any kayak.
A
sit-on-top (SOT) kayak is in fact a paddle board with a deck, but
it features no real cockpit, while traditional, sit-in kayaks generally
have small, low and uncomfortable cockpits.
Our W fishing kayak features the most spacious, versatile and snug
cockpit.
Easy
Tracking And Turning?
Problem solved: Traditional (monohull) kayaks need to be very
long to track well and very short to turn well. If you want such a
kayak to do both you need to equip it with a cumbersome rudder, which
distracts and impedes you.
Our patented W Fishing Kayak tracks
like a catamaran, and yet you can easily lean it into the turn and make sharp
turns. This
is why you'll never need to use a rudder again.
Launch,
Go
& Beach Anywhere
Launching and beaching ordinary
(monohull) fishing kayaks can
often be too difficult, especially in the surf, moving water and/or in
cold water. In addition, both sit-in and SOT kayaks are very limited in
going
over submerged and surface obstacles.
Practically, this often means
that good fishing spots are inaccessible to you, and you need to paddle
longer distances just because your fishing kayak isn't mobile enough.
These problems and
others are eliminated in our W Fishing Kayak by the fact that you can raise
or lower its bow anytime you
need to by simply
moving fore and aft along
its longitudinal saddle.
Watch
demo
video.
Unless you launch
your W
Fishing kayak in the surf you don't need to step in
water since you don't have to enter its cockpit from the side, and you
can always do it from the back or the front.
Big, Dry
&
Accessible Storage
Adequate
storage (or lack thereof) in fishing kayaks is an annoying
problem for many kayak anglers. Sit-in kayaks offer a very
restricted storage space in the cockpit that's accessible but not
really dry, and little storage space in hatches that are neither
accessible nor particularly dry. Sit-on-top (SOT) fishing kayak
models have no
real
cockpit to speak of since they basically are paddle boards, which means
that apart from hatches all a SOT offers in storage
terms is its exposed deck, where any added weight increases your
instability.
In comparison, our W
Fishing Kayak offers over 10 cubic feet of dry and always accessible
storage space in its
cockpit and hulls. You can
take
plenty of gear
onboard and store heavy gear in the bottom of the
hulls without creating any stability problem.
A
Longer Fishing
Season
Water
and/or weather conditions are not always favorable for kayak fishing
with a regular sit-in fishing kayak, and even less so with a sit-on-top
fishing kayak. This is true not only in colder regions but in
warmer
climates as well.
With
your W Fishing Kayak keeping you dry and well protected from the
elements,
and with the ability to launch, go and beach in more places than any
kayak you can keep fishing as long as there's some open water out
there. You
can also go fishing on
windy days since our W Fishing Kayak tracks better than regular kayaks
do.
The Surf?
-Now
It's Fun!
Like
most kayak fishermen and other paddlers you may think the surf is not a
good place to be in with a kayak. This is true for sit-in and
sit-on-top kayaks because of stability, maneuverability, exposure and
seaworthiness issues.
However, with your W
Fishing Kayak you're
likely to enjoy launching
and going in the surf, and maybe even playing in it. More in the demo
movies and surf
& ocean sections.
Guests
Onboard
One of the joys of
owning a fishing
boat is having guests onboard, but ordinary fishing kayaks are limited
in
this regard.
Our W Fishing Kayak cockpit
offers enough room for up to two adults as long as none of them is too
heavy. Children are not a problem even standing up!...
Is
Your
Kayak Really Portable?
Compared
to other boats one
of the main advantages of fishing kayaks is their portability, but an
ordinary fishing kayak is in many cases too long to fit in the truck
bed of a pickup truck, and if you want to attach it safely to your
cartop you'd need to invest in a 'kayak rack'.
Our W Fishing Kayak is short
enough to be attached in the truck bed of your pickup truck, and you
can nest up to four of them on top of any regular car rack without
needing a special kayak rack.
Why
Is Speed Good
For You?
The ordinary sit-in
and
sit-on-top fishing kayak is basically a wide, over
hyped and expensive
recreational kayak. Its
extra width inevitably
makes it slow, which is not
a problem unless you want to paddle longer distances and/or in less
than perfect water and weather conditions.
The U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office granted us a utility patent for ergonomic
and hydrodynamic
innovations that we incorporated in
our W Fishing Kayak design, so you can go faster and enjoy longer
fishing trips.
Kayak
Outriggers?...
You
may
be thinking about outfitting your fishing kayak with outriggers in
order to
improve
its stability, so consider the following:
Short outriggers
slow your kayak down considerably since they have to travel at several
times their hull speed, thus creating high resistance.
Outriggers in the back
of the kayak offer no support when you lean forward, and outriggers
won't solve your
ergonomic problems, storage issues etc...
And of course, outriggers are notorious for getting your fishing lines
entangled.
Anchoring
Anchoring
a regular fishing kayak on its side might make
it tip while anchoring it at the bow might make it dip. However, our W
Fishing Kayak is stable enough to be anchored from its side, has a bow
that's high enough not to dip, and can also be anchored from between
its
hulls.
Other
Small Fishing Boats
Unlike
other small fishing boats such as wide canoes and dinghies, if you happen
to lose your balance while standing up in the W Fishing
Kayak
you're
likely not to not
fall overboard but rather find yourself seated in the
stable Riding position - See demo
movies and ergonomics.
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