{"id":5496,"date":"2018-10-02T10:50:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T18:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=5496"},"modified":"2018-10-02T10:50:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T18:50:48","slug":"work-in-progress-at-watermanatwork-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/work-in-progress-at-watermanatwork-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Work In Progress at watermanatwork.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got a couple works in progress going on here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watermanatwork.com\/\">watermanatwork.com<\/a>, here&#8217;s a short preview, there will be more details coming up shortly.<\/p>\n<p>The kayak seat on my eleven year old Hobie Quest is really worn out. I need a new seat, but spending a couple hundred bucks on a kayak seat is a little out of my price range, so I bought a cheap Chinese kayak seat on eBay, made some modifications and will see if it can be reliable enough for every day use. More details to come.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/KayakSeat.jpg\" alt=\"Upgraded modified Chinese kayak seat\" title=\"Upgraded modified Chinese kayak seat\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/KayakSeat.jpg 600w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/KayakSeat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The original Hobie paddle is also beat. Still usable, but beat. The aluminum shaft is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Time for a new paddle. Would love an all carbon kayak paddle, but $300-400 for something that will be on the rocks withing minutes of first use? I think not. Instead, I got a Werner Tybee Hooked paddle for a little over $100. I&#8217;m testing it out now, I&#8217;ll have more on this paddle shortly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WernerTybeePaddle.jpg\" alt=\"Werner Tybee kayak paddle at the watermanatwork.com testing facility in White Salmon, WA\" title=\"Werner Tybee kayak paddle at the watermanatwork.com testing facility in White Salmon, WA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WernerTybeePaddle.jpg 600w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WernerTybeePaddle-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Always something going on at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watermanatwork.com\/\">watermanatwork.com<\/a> so stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got a couple works in progress going on here at watermanatwork.com, here&#8217;s a short preview, there will be more details coming up shortly. 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