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<figure id="attachment_12499" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-12499" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2017/01/31/capn-larry-jarboe-the-boat-that-does-it-all/dcim100goprogopr0343/" rel="attachment wp-att-12499"><img class="size-large wp-image-12499" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Capn-Larry-heading-out-to-fish-on-his-Wavewalker--1024x1013.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="1013" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-12499" class="wp-caption-text">Cap&#8217;n Larry Jarboe paddles out to the fishing in the Gulf Stream. Photo by Carlene Jarboe</figcaption></figure>
<h2>The Boat That Does It All</h2>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Quite a few years ago, back in the mid-1970&#8217;s, I was fortunate to work as a mate then captain of a large passenger carrying boat that took people snorkeling on the shallow coral reefs of John Pennekamp State Park in Key Largo, Florida.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> I promoted our business with the phrase &#8220;If you can swim, you can snorkel.&#8221; Twice a day, we hauled up to 61 passengers a trip on a wooden Harkers Island-built boat to witness the amazing coral reefs and tropical fish that are found right here in the United States.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Today, the State Park concession that I worked from has about 4 multi-passenger snorkel boats that have evolved from that one vessel.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Like snorkeling, there are many marine sports that have sprouted over my lifetime.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Obviously, canoes have been with us for many years. But, who figured out that you could sit on top of a kayak or stand up to paddle a fat surfboard? These are relatively recent innovations that have attracted a huge following.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Then, there are those Wave Runners. When I grew up in the Fifties, we never figured you could have a motorcycle that flew across the water.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> All of those sports are fun for those of us who swim but owning all four: a canoe, kayak, paddle board and Wave Runner is expensive, space consuming, and a major maintenance hassle.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> What if one vessel did all this, and more?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> The Wavewalk catamaran style skiff is the stable and portable boat that literally, does it all. A visit to the company website at wavewalk.com will show you the W500 and W700 solo and tandem twin hull kayaks that are easy on your back because they are straddled like a Wave Runner. Fishermen are especially fond of the Wavewalk design because they are so easy to stand up in order to spot or cast to their prey.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> These magic boats can be paddled with kayak or canoe paddles or outfitted for gas outboard or electric trolling motor or both! And, they are lightweight enough to carry on top of your car without a special carrying rack or trailer.</span></p>
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<figure id="attachment_12500" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-12500" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2017/01/31/capn-larry-jarboe-the-boat-that-does-it-all/dcim100goprogopr0796/" rel="attachment wp-att-12500"><img class="size-large wp-image-12500" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Wavewalker-with-motor-1024x869.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="869" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-12500" class="wp-caption-text">Wavewalk with a trolling motor. Cap&#8217;. Larry Jarboe photo for THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I discovered the Wavewalk design while I was searching the Internet for the perfect kayak to establish a retirement rental business in Key Largo. My first Wavewalk was purchased at retail price. That little W500 was so good that I used it in my commercial fishing business in the Chesapeake region to supply Blue Catfish fillets to Linda&#8217;s Cafe in downtown Lexington Park and the Victorian Candle Bed and Breakfast in historic Hollywood, Maryland.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> At present, in addition to two commercial fishing work boats, I have a fleet of Wavewalk kayaks for weekend Wavewalk Adventures in the State Parks and National Sanctuaries that surround Key Largo.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> And, I am fortunate to be the exclusive Wavewalk distributor for all of South Florida. Contact me if you are in the Chesapeake region and I can arrange for you to have your own Wavewalk kayak.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> On a nearly daily basis, I motor my green W700 skiff through mangrove creeks or out in the ocean to make my own adventures exploring places that are almost impossible to reach by any other method of marine conveyance. This Wavewalk lifestyle is a most wonderful and unexpected retirement pastime that I am most happy to share.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> So, if you are tired of being cold this winter and want an excuse to visit the Florida Keys, you have one (as if you really need an excuse to visit paradise).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> A trip to my website at floridafishingkayaks.com. will provide all the info you need to schedule a free Wavewalk Wednesday demo of this vessel. Or, a weekend rental with included guide service might be a way to enjoy a complete kayak, canoe, stand-up paddle board package in a boat that &#8220;does it all.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Who knows? You might drive home with one.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Welcome aboard.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cap&#8217;n Larry Jarboe &#8211; bass21292@yahoo.com.</span></p>
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