Good morning, welcome to His and Hers Alaska. My name is Ben and this is
Rebecca and... We're going to show you a little bit about our kayaks today! We've
made a few videos with our kayaks so far but we have yet to give you guys a tour!
Okay so what we have our perception sport, sound 10.5 foot kayaks. And Rebecca
here will give you a little bit of an overview on what we were looking for
when we bought these kayaks!.... So Ben and I agreed that we could get whatever kayak
we wanted, they didn't have to match! It was whatever we both found was
comfortable. And Ben really wanted something that he could use to fish with.
And I really wanted something that had a good back support. I did a lot of
kayaking with like rented kayaks in the past and...By the end of the long kayak
your back hurts so bad if you have one of those swing backs or one that kind of
cuts you off really low. So comfort was my big thing! Uhhmm... Turns out we ended up
liking the same kayak! And so this kayak... Few things that we really liked about it...
It has built-in handles instead of those nylon plea handles.... This is great for two
things.. Number 1: It doesn't hurt your hand so bad when you're portaging. Which
we do a lot of because you know.... Sometimes especially up here you have to
walk a good bit to get to the lake where you wanna kayak or the river or the ocean
or whatever. Uhhmm...So this is great! Secondly, we can run our...Uhhmm... We have bike locks. You know...
The big long bike locks and... We can run the bike locks through here and nobody
can cut this and take our kayaks without the locks!.... Makes it a little more
difficult. Bolt cutters he could still steal them!.... Uhhmm... You'll notice that
there's a very large cockpit! It still has the lip so that you can put a splash
guards on... Which we do have and use someone went
out on the water. It does hinder your ability to use this little dashboard
that you have though. Which is nice because it has a handle for your paddles...
And it also has places where for accessories to go. And then we'll talk
about those in a minute! And then it has really nice storage back
here.... It's got a couple of drains so that the water doesn't build up in there. But
this is great for dry bags. You can latch them on to the ropes and then have a
nice little place to store things if you're doing a big trip!... We could easily
do an overnight paddle in these just get a small tent and put it in there!... And
lastly, this has like one of the most comfortable seats I've ever found on a
kayak! It has an adjustable back so you can adjust how far the back. I like mine
really straight up and down uhhmm...So I pull it really tight over here with those
straps. It also has a lot of cushion but this is like a quick dry material so...
Like a neoprene.... It dries really fast! Uhhmm... And then a place for your drink but I
don't really use that because it interferes with your paddling ability so...
Ben we'll talk about our accessories now... Okay it's no secret that I have a
passion for fishing and... One great thing about these kayaks is the squares right
here are designed for Scotty mouths... Scotty's a company that makes all kinds
of accessories so all you do is buy these mounts and... Boom you have a cup
holder and then you have fishing rod holders and they come in and out! When I
secured these to the hull, I use stainless steel screws because we go out
in the saltwater a lot. And I don't want anything rusting. But they're nice and easy...
Just take it, put it down in there, spin it around to the position that you like and
we're all good!... I stuck some GoPro mounts up here on the bow of both kayaks...
And then we also put some cleats so... Cleats right here and cleats right
behind the seat back... What this does, is it gives us
some place to tie the kayaks off to if we come up to a dock or anything. But
also.... If we're out in the salt water and the weather kicks up, they're not in the
right position right now but we can put this kayak....
You know, swap the sides and lash the two of them together for added stability. And
then we have the... Cleat back there to. So if everything is lashed together less
likely to capsize even if a squall moves in.... And then we have over here, these are
kind of cheesy but... They've been working for us!.... Paddle holders.... So that's one option...
And then from the get-go, it's designed with the paddle holders right there! So
you have two options for holding your paddles. But I really wanted a kayak that
I could fish from and... Another feature that I really wanted was a large cockpit
so I'd make room. Most of the cockpits out there are fairly small and you can't
bend your knees up. This one you have ample room! One thing they are lacking is
ahh... Added flotation...So there's a company out there, I can't remember...They made our
spray skirts. But they make float bags. And you just wedge them up here in the
bow and the stern of the boat... So when you capsize, there's less water to fill
up the hole and it floats higher.... That's definitely something on our list!
of things to get.... Also just a point. These are really durable! We have these for
what? 2 summers now?..Yeah... And they still look... I mean other than being a little dirty
brand-new... The other cool thing is that there are
other accessories you can get. Like you can get a little station where you can
cut up your bait and all kinds of nifty little things so... Yes all kinds of accessories. All
you need is the square.. Heck you only need a square. All you need is a flat
place to mount this but this one came with the square....
And there you go! Morning kayak, hot coffee and fishing it doesn't get too much
better than that!...Yes it does. You get to read a book while you're out there!..Well
yeah...That's what I like.... Well I could do fishing... haha
These actually do really well! The price range was pretty good. I think they were
$350.... On sale!.... They are a hundred dollars or a hundred
and fifty dollars off when we bought them... The sports authority in Anchorage... Mm-hmm... Not
planning on getting matching kayaks... Because we're not matchy matchy type of
people... people but... It ended up working!... The other thing that we wanted to tell you
about... Because we think it's a really good safety feature... We went ahead and
registered our kayaks with the state. And we actually have over here a decal, registered....
Just about registration decal as well! So you register this with the state. The
reason that we did this we've heard of so many stories. Especially living by
the ocean of people losing their boats and.... The Coast Guard mounts a huge search...
Looking for possible missing people because they don't secure their kayaks
to the water's edge when they go up to a cabin or something. And then there's no
way to know whether they've capsized and they're out in the ocean or they're just
you know, sitting in front of the fire at a cabin! If you do this and you have a
number on your boat the Coast Guard or anybody else finds your boat...
They can actually contact the State, get your contact information and check to
see if you're okay! They can call you and make sure that you aren't out missing at
sea. So it's just another precautionary step that we took. It's also good that
they know who they're looking for, who the boats are registered to. So that
if you are missing, they know to contact next of kin and things like that so....
Definitely well worth the extra time it takes and a small fee... So okay! So this
wraps up the tour of our kayaks and we're here at Nancy Lake State
Recreation Area. Like I said earlier, the South Raleigh campground and we're going
to have some friends from California flying in tonight. Well they'll get here
this evening. They are renting their own Motorhome....
And we're going to be making some videos out paddling. They have a great
canoe system here or kayak system. Depending on what your boat is!.. Yeah
Where you paddle across Lakes and then you portage anywhere from like what? A few hundred
feet to a quarter mile.... Yeah... It's not long at all!
Well by the eleventh or twelfth one it feels like it's pretty long distance..I know so it's
fun!... It's really fun! It's one of our favourite things to do in the states.... But
we'll cover that in another video and ahh... So thanks for watching. And if
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