Why I Chose A Crescent UltraLite Kayak and a Weekend at Greers Ferry

hey everyone welcome back to my channel i wanted to hop on here and talk about the kayak that i purchased at the beginning of summer i knew that in the summer i don't really hike as much because i'm super allergic to poison ivy and it's just super hard hot in arkansas so i wanted to get a kayak so i could spend my summer on the water i'm super happy with my purchase i did months of research i actually initially went to academy and i was gonna just buy a pelican kayak and i started doing more research and realized ah maybe that's not quite worth my money i could spend two to three hundred dollars for a kayak [Applause] you're doing a bunch of construction right at my house i'm so sorry i could spend two to three hundred dollars on a pelican kayak that would last me maybe a couple years or i could spend a little bit more money to get a kayak that would last me forever so let me just go ahead and show you what i purchased all right so this is the crescent ultralight in the sea foam color and i love this kayak i got it one because it's super lightweight it weighs about 45 pounds and i can easily get this thing on and off the top of my car by myself so i'm really really happy with that um the second reason i purchased this one is because i plan on going kayak camping at some point in life and it has a really big storage so the storage goes throughout the kayak so it's a really big space this opening isn't super big but i think i can make it work with the gear that i have one thing to make sure with this compartment if you do go to crescent ultralight is that you have to make sure that this top compartment clicks so that it is dry storage otherwise water can seep in so you kind of have to i don't know if you heard that click you gotta push it pretty hard make sure that it clicks otherwise some water does seep in as long as you click it it's a good dry storage area and this kayak is 10 feet in length just look at it it's beautiful i've taken this thing out three or four times now and i just love it it it glides on the water perfectly it tracks really well i've taken it out on the lake with other boats and when there's a big wave it doesn't real it stays pretty steady i love this too because i can stand on this so it kind of is like a paddle board and it's pretty sturdy i can stand on it pretty easily this is the chair it's detachable obviously and it is super comfortable it's like a camp chair on my kayak and it's adjustable you can sit back lean forward and it just um straps in like this to the kayak and i love this too because whenever i go kayak camping i can take this off and it can be my camp chair is a water bottle holder which works pretty well and i have plugs for the holes back here too this is a nice storage area i haven't bought a cooler yet but that would be where my cooler went and for my paddle i just went with this cheap atwood brand paddle i got this off amazon it was like 30 bucks and it just attaches to the other side i think it's eight foot maybe yeah that's my setup right now i really really loved this kayak um i got it at h24 outdoors and conway they're really really great check them out if you're looking for a crescent kayak they're super helpful and yeah i'm excited for a lot more adventures in this thing and to go camping and i'll take you guys along on some of my adventures what's up guys so i'm finally making a video it has been a long summer but i'm taking my kayak to the lake and i officially got it on my car by myself i wish i would have recorded it but yeah i did that and i'm pretty excited about it so now i'm going to strap it down and head to my friend's lake house on gru's ferry and hopefully it doesn't rain but we'll see say bye yes mommy will miss you [Music] well definitely looks like it's gonna rain got her all strapped in my ratchet straps i did that all by myself and i'm pretty excited about it because that's why i bought this kayak because it was light and i knew i wanted something that was light that i could put on my car by myself and i did it this is the first time so super win for me today but all right i'm about to head to gerst ferry and hopefully i can beat the swarm it is a perfect day on the lake we are getting ready to go out on the boat for a little while and it's not that hot it feels perfect there's a breeze check out this view yeah i just love it here i got to lake house last night around six or so had dinner and then went to sleep because i'm just super tired today it's a beautiful day i thought they said it's gonna rain but it doesn't look like it's gonna rain and we're gonna go out on the boat for a little while and then hopefully take my kayak out around sundown so that is exciting you ready for the lake mimi yes maybe y'all ready [Music] we are out here at our spot probably the best day of summer so far there's a breeze it's cool the water is the perfect temperature it feels like bath water i'm in heaven [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] we have just finished swimming and we're gonna go back to the lake house and get some some lunch hopefully not run into the rock [Music] all right got the kayak out getting away from all the boats y'all it is a perfect day to be kayaking there's a lot of people out ah it's a good day i'm about to go back here where there's normally a creek but since it's summer it's probably dried out but we're gonna see what's back there foreign and this cove back here is super quiet there's no boats it's just silent so in the springtime the water is a lot higher and you can go all the way back there and there's a creek that runs through the woods and i followed it up pretty far before but this is just such a nice little area y'all been so busy with school and i haven't i've taken my kayak out this is my brand new kayak i've taken it all out this is my third time so basically i haven't had any free time all summer but feels good to finally be out here [Music] i made some friends today [Music] [Music] mimi way bye [Music] well it's been a long day on the lake we stayed out till almost seven and yeah i'm tired there is a full moon outside i don't think my gopro is gonna be able to get it but it is so pretty oh yeah you can kind of like that white dot that's the moon it's almost a full moon and it's like 70 degrees out here it's kind of cold like i'm chilly we're gonna go swim down at the point but honestly it's too cold for me i have chill bumps so i don't know we're like tired we can't figure out if we want to rally or go down to the point so to be determined good afternoon everyone it is sunday and i gotta go home a little bit later today but we're going to take the kayak out again and float around the lake may try to go somewhere new not really sure the lake's pretty quiet but there's more boats that are starting to come out as it gets later in the afternoon but we shall see all right this video is long enough so i'm gonna cut it and put my kayak footage in the next video that means you need to like subscribe and hit the bell so that you are notified when i post my new videos and yeah stay tuned this float is amazing and um so much fun one of my favorite floats and heights in arkansas so yeah stay tuned and i'll see you in the next video

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Length: 12min 45sec (765 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 17 2020