Smart move! Where did you purchase the aluminum oars from? Someone else from my first rafting video commented that Intex makes replacement aluminum oars. I see the Seahawk 3 and 4, along with the Excursion, Mariner, and Sea Eagle series all come with aluminum oars.
@@PotomacPassageOolikhanna I've replied 3 times, but they keep disappearing for some reason. I'll try again. The oars I bought are Sevylor KC Compact 215 Convertible Paddle from Amazon. They have the canoe type T handle at the top, but you can split the oars to get them through the oar rings on the boat. Hope this reply gets through! Cheers.
@@KK-no7be Thank you very much, alas it is a success! I truly appreciate you not giving up on me, that means a lot my man. So many others just would not care in helping a person out after a try or two in making sure they get what they need. This is a huge help in know the "Sevylor KC Compact 215 Convertible Paddle" oars are the right and best ones to get, and knowing where to get them! Thank you for the advice with fitting the oars to the oar rings. Are these the stock aluminum oars that come with the Seahawk 3 and Seahawk 4 too? I see on the packaging they include the durable aluminum oars and the Seahawk 2 still comes with the flimsy plastic oars. Replacing the plastic oars with the aluminum Sevylor oars is going to be just what I need, and keep me from holding back and maneuvering how I need to in the rapids with finally enough power. I did get an email notification from your second comment - "Potomac Passage Oolikhanna Hello, I got the oars from Amazon UK. They're Sevylor KC Compact 215 Convertible Paddle , you can use them as 2 oars, or as one kayak type paddle. The same sort are available under different brand names. I did reply a couple of weeks ago, but looks like it didn't get through." - but I see it did not post on here, so weird. I don't recall seeing your other comment though. Where are you from, the United States by chance? Thank you for your support and for caring!
@PotomacPassageOolikhanna Hello, I'm in the UK. Glad one of my posts finally got through. They look like the same oars that come with the mariner, but mine have the T shape handle at the top, but I haven't had any trouble using them. You might find the same oars with normal handles if you look on a few dinghy websites. The only one I know is Boatworld, but they're in the UK.
Right on, you know it! I'm an experienced whitewater kayaker, and enjoy whitewater rafting too, and was testing the limits of the Seahawk 2 in this fun wave train rapid, called White Horse Rapid (and also "The Spout," as President George Washington referred to it from his canoeing and surveying trips at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia), which changes in form and difficulty at every half a foot up to about 8ft., where it become uniformly large from then on. This was my third test, and with the first two hitting the converging waves head on at low and medium flow; this level was approaching the higher end and at class III. Unfortunately, the spin threw me off, and the flimsy paddles were too inefficient to get me back on the main line AKA The Tongue/Green Highway, and I got broadsided at the worst angle by the left side of the one of the two of the converging waves. Precisely, the Seahawk II is advertised flat water, for both rowing and for use with its electric trolling motor. I enjoyed the challenge of being able to show that the Seahawk can take on whitewater to a fair degree, maxing out at class II waves captained by one who is well acquainted with the river reading and the features of whitewater. Here are two other videos of me successfully making it through White Horse in the Seahawk II at lower levels: "Intex Seahawk 2: Rafting The Needles & White Horse Rapid (Potomac River) at Low Water" - ua-cam.com/video/7BumvPLWSFM/v-deo.html "Intex Seahawk 2: Rafting the Potomac River's White Horse Rapid, at 2.74ft. (POR), 3.7ft. (Millville)" - ua-cam.com/video/xYJLWaGFovQ/v-deo.html
Please Comment if: - you have thoughts, suggestions, general impressions, or a must tell story of your own about any of the Intex rafts, especially with regards to the: Intex Mariner, Intex Sea Eagle, or the Intex Seahawk 2 series - if you have a memorable White Horse story - you are looking for a crew to join up with - you would like to join up for local and/or regional kayaking or whitewater rafting trips/festivals - you're interested in attaining in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia -you're in search of or have kayaked any those rare running microcreeks, such as those of Harpers Ferry, WV (e.g. Piney Run AKA "Crazy Creek", Stikey's Creek, & Double Run (Westridge Hills)) - you compete in whitewater kayak racing & would like to join up - you would like to team up for whitewater photography and movie making projects. I am always up for making new friends & collaborating on whitewater video projects
Greetings and thank you very much for taking the time to provide me that advice! I truly appreciate it, just as another kind person suggested which replacement oars will work best to replace the inefficient plastic oars with durable aluminum oars, which the Seahawk 3 and come come with. I never knew that about a weighted keep, really neat to know and can see how that works when taking on the impact of the waves. Thank you for your service in protecting and safeguarding our freedom!
dang. id prefer my marnier in this. got stuck in a drowning machine (low head dam) once. i only survived because it was an inflatable. im thinking a double kayak ore would help navigate better? 🍻
Hey there! I remember you from your kind comments of two other of my videos. I'm flattered you closely follow my channel; I never really knew who did, really if any one did, as I'm here to make friends and show the good times, in not being motivated by the typically seeking attention and feel good "Likes" kind of thing, just trying to be real and share the passion of the wonderful beauty and making the great times even better in sharing it all with others of the same interest. The time that goes into the videos, which I passionately enjoy to the core, typically averages an hour per minute, and is so time consuming, that at times I need to remind myself to take advantage of living more playing out on the water and less behind the computer screen playing Movie Maker. So thank you, means a lot to know you follow my channel with interest, and that my stories of the good times mean a good deal to someone. Lately I have been putting my time into my friend's channel (which is why I haven't had new videos in awhile): Frankenstein DIY Kayak - www.youtube.com/@FrankensteinDIYkayak, which I feel you may equally enjoy, as I do the editing and some of the recording, and of which also features clips of me. So cool you also have the Seahawk 2 too! If you are close by it would be awesome to meet up!
Hey there, in general I've found the Seahawk 2 to be much more resistant to getting flipped than how it is advertised. I feel the biggest part of its stability comes from the operator's river reading and maneuverability skills, especially with having to anticipate the moves a little a head of time with the features and current/crosscurrents. It's a champ in taking on the wave trains head on, even in converging waves, but as I learned here, when hitting a wave slightly angled or sideways there was no control to compensate for it, making almost no chance of not getting flipped when above low flow. A plastic oars made for the greatest vulnerability, their flimsiness and small blades just coudn't crank out the power needed to change direction quick enough or to power into the wave trains. Next plan is to replace the stock oars with the upgradable aluminum oars, which come with the Seahawk 3 and 4. My other videos of the Seahawk 2 at White Horse Rapid at low and medium levels shows how capable it can be in taking on class I and II whitewater. The problem I had this time was I got off line when spun and due to the weak oars, I couldn't get back on line to ride right into White Horse's roaring jaws, and the left sideways converging wave got me on an angle by surprise, just like the winter water swim! Always a pleasure to hear from you!
First thing I did when I bought the seahawk 2 was ditch the paddles and buy an aluminium pair.
Smart move! Where did you purchase the aluminum oars from? Someone else from my first rafting video commented that Intex makes replacement aluminum oars. I see the Seahawk 3 and 4, along with the Excursion, Mariner, and Sea Eagle series all come with aluminum oars.
@@PotomacPassageOolikhanna I've replied 3 times, but they keep disappearing for some reason. I'll try again. The oars I bought are Sevylor KC Compact 215 Convertible Paddle from Amazon. They have the canoe type T handle at the top, but you can split the oars to get them through the oar rings on the boat. Hope this reply gets through! Cheers.
@@KK-no7be Thank you very much, alas it is a success! I truly appreciate you not giving up on me, that means a lot my man. So many others just would not care in helping a person out after a try or two in making sure they get what they need.
This is a huge help in know the "Sevylor KC Compact 215 Convertible Paddle" oars are the right and best ones to get, and knowing where to get them! Thank you for the advice with fitting the oars to the oar rings. Are these the stock aluminum oars that come with the Seahawk 3 and Seahawk 4 too? I see on the packaging they include the durable aluminum oars and the Seahawk 2 still comes with the flimsy plastic oars. Replacing the plastic oars with the aluminum Sevylor oars is going to be just what I need, and keep me from holding back and maneuvering how I need to in the rapids with finally enough power.
I did get an email notification from your second comment - "Potomac Passage Oolikhanna Hello, I got the oars from Amazon UK. They're Sevylor KC Compact 215 Convertible Paddle , you can use them as 2 oars, or as one kayak type paddle. The same sort are available under different brand names. I did reply a couple of weeks ago, but looks like it didn't get through." - but I see it did not post on here, so weird. I don't recall seeing your other comment though.
Where are you from, the United States by chance? Thank you for your support and for caring!
@PotomacPassageOolikhanna Hello, I'm in the UK. Glad one of my posts finally got through.
They look like the same oars that come with the mariner, but mine have the T shape handle at the top, but I haven't had any trouble using them. You might find the same oars with normal handles if you look on a few dinghy websites. The only one I know is Boatworld, but they're in the UK.
Thank you for presentation
Best to avoid the swells on broad sides and I think it’s made for calm lakes. They managed to capsized!
Right on, you know it! I'm an experienced whitewater kayaker, and enjoy whitewater rafting too, and was testing the limits of the Seahawk 2 in this fun wave train rapid, called White Horse Rapid (and also "The Spout," as President George Washington referred to it from his canoeing and surveying trips at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia), which changes in form and difficulty at every half a foot up to about 8ft., where it become uniformly large from then on. This was my third test, and with the first two hitting the converging waves head on at low and medium flow; this level was approaching the higher end and at class III. Unfortunately, the spin threw me off, and the flimsy paddles were too inefficient to get me back on the main line AKA The Tongue/Green Highway, and I got broadsided at the worst angle by the left side of the one of the two of the converging waves. Precisely, the Seahawk II is advertised flat water, for both rowing and for use with its electric trolling motor. I enjoyed the challenge of being able to show that the Seahawk can take on whitewater to a fair degree, maxing out at class II waves captained by one who is well acquainted with the river reading and the features of whitewater.
Here are two other videos of me successfully making it through White Horse in the Seahawk II at lower levels:
"Intex Seahawk 2: Rafting The Needles & White Horse Rapid (Potomac River) at Low Water" - ua-cam.com/video/7BumvPLWSFM/v-deo.html
"Intex Seahawk 2: Rafting the Potomac River's White Horse Rapid, at 2.74ft. (POR), 3.7ft. (Millville)" - ua-cam.com/video/xYJLWaGFovQ/v-deo.html
the tiny raft is designed for just dinking around and not much serious as the ends of the oars come too close together and the control isn't the best.
Please Comment if:
- you have thoughts, suggestions, general impressions, or a must tell story of your own about any of the Intex rafts, especially with regards to the: Intex Mariner, Intex Sea Eagle, or the Intex Seahawk 2 series
- if you have a memorable White Horse story
- you are looking for a crew to join up with
- you would like to join up for local and/or regional kayaking or whitewater rafting trips/festivals
- you're interested in attaining in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
-you're in search of or have kayaked any those rare running microcreeks, such as those of Harpers Ferry, WV (e.g. Piney Run AKA "Crazy Creek", Stikey's Creek, & Double Run (Westridge Hills))
- you compete in whitewater kayak racing & would like to join up
- you would like to team up for whitewater photography and movie making projects. I am always up for making new friends & collaborating on whitewater video projects
Resources:
Intexcorp.com:
- Intex Seahawk 2 Boat Set: intexcorp.com/products/sporting-goods/sport-series-boats/seahawk-2-boat-set/
Boatinggeeks.com (Review):
- boatinggeeks.com/intex-seahawk-2/
American Whitewater.org:
- Potomac 0.7 - Dargans to Potoma Wayside (The Needles) - www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-detail/3289/main
HFPics.com:
- hfpics.com
- facebook.com/hfpicswv
Add some water inside the inflatable boat to act as a weighted keel, just like old time sailing vessels. Just a thought
Greetings and thank you very much for taking the time to provide me that advice! I truly appreciate it, just as another kind person suggested which replacement oars will work best to replace the inefficient plastic oars with durable aluminum oars, which the Seahawk 3 and come come with. I never knew that about a weighted keep, really neat to know and can see how that works when taking on the impact of the waves. Thank you for your service in protecting and safeguarding our freedom!
dang. id prefer my marnier in this. got stuck in a drowning machine (low head dam) once. i only survived because it was an inflatable. im thinking a double kayak ore would help navigate better? 🍻
Hello! I follow your channel with interest. I own the same boat model
Hey there! I remember you from your kind comments of two other of my videos. I'm flattered you closely follow my channel; I never really knew who did, really if any one did, as I'm here to make friends and show the good times, in not being motivated by the typically seeking attention and feel good "Likes" kind of thing, just trying to be real and share the passion of the wonderful beauty and making the great times even better in sharing it all with others of the same interest. The time that goes into the videos, which I passionately enjoy to the core, typically averages an hour per minute, and is so time consuming, that at times I need to remind myself to take advantage of living more playing out on the water and less behind the computer screen playing Movie Maker. So thank you, means a lot to know you follow my channel with interest, and that my stories of the good times mean a good deal to someone.
Lately I have been putting my time into my friend's channel (which is why I haven't had new videos in awhile): Frankenstein DIY Kayak - www.youtube.com/@FrankensteinDIYkayak, which I feel you may equally enjoy, as I do the editing and some of the recording, and of which also features clips of me. So cool you also have the Seahawk 2 too! If you are close by it would be awesome to meet up!
Are they resistant to tripping over and
Hey there, in general I've found the Seahawk 2 to be much more resistant to getting flipped than how it is advertised. I feel the biggest part of its stability comes from the operator's river reading and maneuverability skills, especially with having to anticipate the moves a little a head of time with the features and current/crosscurrents. It's a champ in taking on the wave trains head on, even in converging waves, but as I learned here, when hitting a wave slightly angled or sideways there was no control to compensate for it, making almost no chance of not getting flipped when above low flow. A plastic oars made for the greatest vulnerability, their flimsiness and small blades just coudn't crank out the power needed to change direction quick enough or to power into the wave trains. Next plan is to replace the stock oars with the upgradable aluminum oars, which come with the Seahawk 3 and 4. My other videos of the Seahawk 2 at White Horse Rapid at low and medium levels shows how capable it can be in taking on class I and II whitewater. The problem I had this time was I got off line when spun and due to the weak oars, I couldn't get back on line to ride right into White Horse's roaring jaws, and the left sideways converging wave got me on an angle by surprise, just like the winter water swim! Always a pleasure to hear from you!