The U10 is WAY more stable than the RVR. But the RVR paddles much better

That doesn’t pop it luckily. Would take more than a hook

Nice! What kind of boat do ya have?

@@KayakCrave grandpas old aluminum river boat

Thanks! Yeah I’m getting an electric 3hp Newport vessels for it. I do love my pedal drive yak as well, but this will be nice for taking a buddy

@@KayakCrave forsure. Im tryin to get into 3-5 Day Trips where i dont have to worry About Maintenance, gas or Batteries

It’s called an Air Skiff

The kayak is also faster, easier to paddle, and oysterbed proof (plus more shark/ alligator resistant) But this is a cool rig

Newport.😂

@@Glorton very true. I’m in Indiana so no oysters, gators, or sharks haha

I’m not sure if you can tell by my videos or not, but I am in fact NOT Hawaiian 😅

@@KayakCrave ya I know just busting your chops, glad you got a bass out the river if you come again find me and I’ll page you on to my friends they fish resivoirs and get like 8-12 pound tucanary

That would be incredible! I hope I get to make it back, one of my favorite places on earth

Same here man!

Glad it was helpful!

Appreciate it! 🤙🏼

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Hell yeah man! When you get it out on the water let me know what you think. I’m really on the fence about getting one

@@KayakCraveone of my local shops think they'll have them next week, but there have been repeated delays. If I get it this week, I'll get it on the water next weekend and let you know what I think.

@@KayakCravegot my U10 a couple days ago. Rigged it with an NK300 and the Nucanoe foot steer kit. Took it on two short single point access river trips. Nucanoe sent me the wrong (too short) steering cable, so I couldn't get the boat trimmed right with my seat so far back. The motor retract kit also doesn't work in the stock configuration, which is a big problem in shallow rivers. I'm going to have to rig something that works, because even when I manually pulled it up and locked it into place, it was still dragging in the water making paddling very difficult (it was acting like a rudder that was turned and locked in place). That said, I like it a lot. It is amazingly stable. I was anchored in current, standing sideways, and fishing without any concerns. It drafts shallow and the drainage through the scuppers is a massive improvement over the F12 I had before. The horizontal rod storage features are helpful, although fitting reels in the "caves" doesn't work perfectly. Once I get the right steering cable and work out a system for effectively tilting the motor, I'll have a better sense of whether it's what I was hoping for, but I think it's going to serve me well.

@@dbrown8779 thanks for the update. Bummer on getting the wrong cable. How come it doesn’t retract correctly? Was that because of the wrong steering cable as well. The way my Nk180 retracts and kicks up is kind of the best part about it on the river

@@KayakCraveif you get the Nucanoe steering kit like I did, it replaces the stock Newport components for mounting, steering, and retracting the motor. The mounting and steering components seem relatively well designed, but the retract part of it is garbage. When I asked about it in a Nucanoe owners group a bunch of people commented that they've also had challenges getting the retract system to work on other Nucanoe models. All the retract "system" includes is a plastic pulley mounted to the hull and some paracord attached to a handle. When you pull on the handle with any force the hull flexes where the pulley is mounted and it feels like it's going to break. Some people in the owners group suggested adding one or more additional pulleys to decrease the force required when pulling. I did that and it didn't make any difference. Another person said it's important to first pull sharply to disengage the spring loaded breakaway feature on the motor mount and then it should retract more easily. I haven't tried that yet and could see how that might help. Another person said the retract system works a little better with the NK180, which as I understand it is much lighter than the NK300. I can probably figure out something that will work, but I wish Nucanoe designed it better.

I'm interested in this as well.

I appreciate the feedback! Yeah I just had to send in the pivot drive a couple times for repair in the few months I had it. Nucanoe repaired it for free which is great, but I just lost faith in it. It also makes your kayak really heavy because it stays on the kayak when you transport it, unless you spend 15 mins taking it off. Just not my favorite pedal drive.

Sounds like a nice setup. I always forget the unlimited can be a great tandem as well

They have the pivot drive that works on all their kayaks. I had it and didn’t like it though personally

Love the unlimited but their pedal system is ugly and not practical. These things are meant to be powered

I think you’re right. You thinking for big lakes?

One of the best comments I’ve ever seen! Thanks man, the editing took me a long time on this one, so cool to hear someone got some use out of it!

Glad you got some value out of it 🤙🏼

Nice man! Yeah I’m in the same boat. Debating selling my Bonafide RVR and picking up a U10. What rivers do you usually fish?

Whitewater River in Connersville area. Gonna venture out to other rivers more this year.

white river?

Whitewater River, is in eastern Indiana.runs south into the ohio river@@mattnejmanowski631

Have you checked out Crescent Kayak’s Shoalie?

Thanks dude. I’m loving inflatables

It’s just personal preference. I fish rivers for smallmouth and want to anchored facing upstream to fish my bait with the current.

Thanks! It was a really amazing place

No.

It’s pretty fucken hilarious to me that this guy’s dream is to catch a shitty, small, invasive species. Like, he is legit stoked about it 😂 Just goes to show the attitude of most transplants 🤷‍♀️

The Tippicanoe river is great for smallmouth! This is just a pond in Strawtown, which isn’t close to you

It works great for me, lil guy.

@@KayakCrave that's cool (if you like your anchor beating the shit out of the bow of your kayak). I repeat... horrible install

@@morganonayak sounds like you installed it wrong.

​@singingbushman5242 I'm with you on this one. I'm not about to drill holes or have a wire scrapping against a $3500 kayak when there's an included spot to mount in the rear

No I don’t. It’s not the autopilot

I haven't gotten a single one yet. i just dont let the fish flop around on the deck. I usually net most fish to avoid them flopping around on the deck, because that seems to be when people are getting punctures.

Appreciate it man! I haven’t gotten any holes yet, and have had zero issues. A couple of my buddies have gotten pin holes from fish fins, but they they are easy to patch and leak so slow that you can usually keep fishing all day and hardly notice a difference in pressure

Thanks! I’m glad it helped you out. I think either would work, but I believe I used pan head, sorry about that. About an inch or two in front of the fill port, and it doesn’t effect folding at all!

Ok. Just received my Hobie Mirage Itek 11 and all the components for adding the H rails. 3 questions: 1. Did you let the adhesive 24 hour cure in the inflated (rounded) position or deflated flat position? 2. Can you still pack all the contents into the travel bag, except for the rails? 3. How are the bonded rail mounts holding up after several months of being continously inflated and deflated ? I am an 82 yr old angler that needs all the help that he can get! Again, thanks for the informative video.

@@anglerron that’s great your still getting out on the water! I let the glue cure while inflated. I haven’t had any issues packing the bag since adding the hrails. I’ve probably fished about 25 times since the install, and don’t have any noticeable wear and tear, and the pads are staying on great.

@@anglerron I would definitely just make sure to apply pressure to each pad during the install, and I’d recommend duct taping them down to cure. You can see I did it in the video but I don’t think I talked much about ut

@@KayakCrave A Big "Thank You" for your help and follow-up.

Bro, I’m telling you, it’s a real problem lol Thanks!

You’re right about that 😅

I had a feeling you would 😁