WadeFish 15

paddling4sharks · Post by **paddling4sharks** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:41 pm

Mornin';
....I'm fed up with my current project. So I'm starting my WadeFish 15 project (need a boat for Cobia/Shark season). Of the people who have built the WadeFish or the Sabalo, is there any suggested changes. Things that could be better. I have a few minor changes in mind (ie,....flush mounted hatches, using earth magnets as latching devices, each is 1/2" dia. x 1/8" thick, with 6 lb holding strength each, ). I really want to hear suggestions. Thanks

Post by **jem** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:48 pm

send me an e-mail. I have some info that you might find interesting.

Mullet_Key · Post by **Mullet_Key** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:50 am

Matt, I'm in the pre-planning stage of having the option of installing a rudder. I want to use foot-pegs from a rudder manufacturer that could be converted to rudder-duty if I feel I need it. I also plan to flush-mount the rudder support so that only the foot rests are exposed. Have you researched which rudder models would best match the WF-15? Chris

Post by **jem** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:08 pm

The Smart Track seams to be a decent system. The wind profile is a little high on it though.

I'm revisiting the idea of setting up a rudder system but it's just in the "thinking about it" stage. I ordered some parts to play with but it'll be a while before anything get finalized.

paddling4sharks · Post by **paddling4sharks** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:34 am

Mornin';
Good to go Matt. Hooked up PayPal, this mornin'.

So in the progression, ....started with "Sabalo", then the WadeFish, then Micks's WadeFish, then the Double WadeFish, then the WadeFish2 (with Mick's suggestions) that DangerMouse is building from a kit. Is this one the same as DangerMouse's, or yet another version? Not that it makes a difference, just curious to the evolution.

Post by **jem** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:30 am

No, it's now the "Hoot-a-gator 8.14".

Yours is one in the same with the latest and greatest improvements.

Kayak Jack · Post by **Kayak Jack** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:34 pm

jem wrote:"Hoot-a-gator 8.14"

Sounds like a train cummin out of Suthrin Jawwgya

paddling4sharks · Post by **paddling4sharks** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:43 pm

Mornin';
Yea "KayakJack" sure does. Wait until I start referring to this project as, "Hoot-a-gator 8.14"

Then people start making requests for Plans & Kits for the "Hoot-a-gator 8.14".

Oldsparkey · Post by **Oldsparkey** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:44 pm

PLEASE ....

Pardon my stupidity but I have to ask this simple question.......

What or which or whatever is a a Hoot-a-gator 8.14 ?

The only gators I have ever given a hoot - about were over 12 feet and if they were as long as my boat ( a minor 4 feet more) then I give them a wide berth and talk to them in gentile terms and a soft voice when paddling.
Nice gator , just stay right where you are , I am not going to hurt you , see I am paddling way over here on this side of the river so please don't have me for supper.
We like the same thing , the same river and there are some nice soft , tender , over fed Yankees behind me you would like a lot better then this hard shelled , tough , boney and stringy , grit fed , ole cracker.

Now if he is laying there picking his teeth and burping , I just paddle by and pretend he is not around.

A person should never acknowledge bad manners , just pretend they never happen and continue on.

Chuck.

paddling4sharks · Post by **paddling4sharks** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:06 pm

Mornin';

Good one "OldSparkey". Yea, it's like when my buddies and I are out paddlin', and run up on a big gator. I'll stop and put on my nice set of Paddlin' gloves. My buddies laugh and ask, if I think the gloves will help me out paddle the gator. Then I just laugh, "Shoot, I don't have to out paddle the gator. I just have to out paddle you."

JEM Watercraft

WadeFish 15

WadeFish 15

Rudder on WF-15