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Recreational Kayaking


What's a Good Recreational Kayak?
Recreational kayaks should offer high performance to beginning paddlers in a broad range of environments and applications.


Stability:
Obviously, in order to be considered fit for recreation a kayak needs to be very stable for different people in various environments and applications.

Comfort:

It's important for everybody to feel comfortable in the boat since without comfort there's no fun.  Unlike canoes and ordinary kayaks that are basically
ancient utility paddle crafts made from modern materials, the W Kayak is ergonomically designed especially for present days paddlers and applications.  It's the only boat that offers passengers to change anytime between four paddling positions, and the only one that both maximizes biomechanical efficiency and minimizes fatigue.  You can paddle a W Kayak for hours at a time without feeling any of the symptoms associated with kayaking, such as back pains, leg numbness and sore arms and shoulders.
Your W Kayak doesn't require from you to use straps to attach yourself, or a spray skirt to trap you in like some kayaks do.

Ease of Use:
Anybody can paddle a W Kayak and have fun doing so.  You don't need to spend years practicing difficult paddle strokes or Eskimo rolling, and you don't need to know how to use a rudder that complicates your life just because kayaks track poorly. The W Kayak tracks and maneuvers well without a rudder.
Unlike canoes and kayaks, the W Kayak requires no special maneuvers when putting in or taking out, and in most cases not even to step in water.

Versatility:
Recreation means different things for different people in different times -
It means you may want to play with your boat in the surf or let your kids do it, or it means you want to go on a day's tour, or maybe fishing on flat water but also at sea, and on some occasions you may want to paddle in tandem, or go down a fast river.
As a matter of fact, even a fleet of 5-6 canoes and kayaks can't offer you the level of versatility you get from the W Kayak.

Excitement:

It's essential to fun. -A recreational boat should offer exciting activities, not just monotonous and limited ones.  This is why a real recreational boat should be fast, unlike most recreational canoes and kayaks, and it should also offer activities that don't confine you to flat water.

Sailing:
Have you ever tried sailing a canoe or a kayak?  Well, don't! ...
And yet, what could be more fun and natural than sailing your small boat?
We are not yet offering a sail rig for the W Kayak, but when we do you'll be able to outfit your W Kayak with it and easily sail it sitting as well as standing.

For Children:
All the above considerations are true when children are concerned as well as others - Children usually have less power than adults, they don't have good paddling skills, and they tend to get over-excited, stand in the boat, bend over etc.  Therefore, it is even more important to place kids in a boat that fits both their capabilities and needs.  
Warning: Kids who try the W kayak might refuse to paddle anything else.
NEW: Children W Kayaking

For Parents:
Parents have their own, individual needs and requirements that may include paddling at sea, in tandem or fishing. 

Portability:
Trailers and kayak racks are not a friendly solution - You need a boat that can be hoisted on top of a regular car top.  





Mom and boy in family kayak
Mom and boy paddling
in tandem, standing
Brandon and Katie in W kayak
Recreational tandem kayaking - Cape Cod
W kayaking in tandem
W Kayaking in tandem

Recreational kayaking at sea
Recreational kayaking at sea

Downriver W canoeing in New Hampshire
W-canoeing down the Pemigewasset River, New Hampshire.  Photo courtesy of Pemi-Baker River Adventures
Paddlin' and smilin'
Recreational kayaking - Cape Cod, MA

























Whitewater kayaking
Down river kayaking, New England
Cindy-Lou testing Jo's kayak
Cindy-Lou's W lesson in the mangroves, FL


Kayaking under a dock, Rhode Island
Kayaking under a dock, Rhode Island
whitewater kayaking
Kayaking down a river, New England


Kayaking standing CA
A W kayaker paddling standing, SF, California
First wavewalking lesson
Ooops! First lesson in wavewalking: balance


4 W Kayaks on regular cartop
Cartop up to 4 W Kayaks on a regular rack
Recreational kayak skiing
Recreational ocean kayak skiing


Mom_and_boy_kayak_surfing_in_same_boat
Mom and boy - tandem kayaking in the surf
Mom_and_6 year_boy_kayak_surfing
Mom and 6 year old boy surf kayaking


Recreational kayaking at sea -Tandem
Recreational sea kayaking in tandem
Kayak skiing - tandem
Mixed kayaking in tandem

Recreational kayaking - family
High performance in family fun
Recreational kayaking at sea -tandem
Recreational ocean touring in tandem


Kayak fishing with kids
Kids can get excited and stand up
W canoeing in tandem
W kayak 'canoe style'


W family kayak
Mom and boy paddling in tandem
Jo's W kayak on top of his Jeep
Two 'all terrain' vehicles.  Photo: Jo Mares, FL



6 year old kid kayaking with his dad
6 year old boy taking his dad in his boat

Kayaker paddling standing, California
Kayaker's first steps wavewalking, California
W Kayaking Ichetucknee River FL
W kayaking Ichetucknee River, Florida
High performance in recreational kayaking
High performance recreational kayaking
Mixed kayak skiing - tandem
Kayak skiing in tandem - Massachusetts

Recreational kayaking on the Charles River
Ideal for family paddling
Tandem kayaking in the ocean surf - NH
Tandem kayaking in the ocean surf, NH
W Kayak in thensurf -Lateral stability
Exceptional stability in lateral waves
6 year old boy kayaking with his mom in the boat
5 years old taking his mom touring