Boats & Accessories


The way you sit in a kayak places almost all your weight on your butt, and there is little way to vary your position. In a short time you can get very sore. If your kayak has any kind of seat pad at all, it is a thin hard cruel joke that does not help in the least.



First of all, if you’re going to be a sailor now, you’ll have to learn that it is called “line”, not “rope”.



Real side handles make necessary tie-down points for transport, and are well worth the cost of adding them if your boat doesn’t have them. This is a good model that uses two screws at each end to secure it. Even better, if you can reach inside the hull, use bolts and washers instead of screws. Kayak plastic is pretty thick though, and the screws have not been a problem.


This is for sit-on-top kayaks with closed hulls. Open-hull sit-inside kayaks don’t really need hatches.

You can order any kind and size of hatch on eBay. They are easy to install – just trace the hole on the hull and cut it out with a jigsaw. A hatch like this one has a storage bag for small items like keys and phone, which removes for access to the inside of the hull.


Walkill River
( 41.20195, -74.56625 )

  1. Walkill River - Bassetts Bridge ( 41.26008, -74.55100 )
  2. Walkill River - Franklin ( 41.11063, -74.58840 )
  3. Walkill River - Glenwood Rd ( 41.19413, -74.57499 )
  4. Walkill River - Hamburg ( 41.15266, -74.58161 )
  5. Walkill River - Unionville NY ( 41.28789, -74.53406 )

The Walkill is the only river that originates in New Jersey and flows out – north over the border with New York, eventually draining into the Hudson. So it gets out, but it comes back.

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