Florida Kayaking Chassahowitzka Springs and River 

There’s a possibility I will be down there the week after Thanksgiving. I need to go back there and check those springs you mentioned out! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

Hi Keith - Sorry for the delay in getting back to you! For everything you want to do, including Class 1-3 river runs, the Explorer would be the boat for you. It’s an excellent do everything boat, just realize it is slower to paddle when on flat waters, but you can always had a Bixpy skeg motor for that added e-kayaking kick when on calm, flat waters. The Paddle Ski is great with a motor, but not very good at all for paddling, unless you are using pushing winds and currents to you advantage. I’m including product links and adventure video links of me in both of these boats. Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions! PaddleSki Boat / Kayak / SUP - The “Do Everything” boat! My Sea Eagle website affiliate link, your purchases off my affiliate link help to support my channel, Thx 🙏🏻 - bit.ly/33PbnFH PaddleSki Amazon Store Page - amzn.to/44pb4Me My review of the PaddleSki - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9h0BoJi8XjI.html Adventure videos in the PaddleSki: Chassahowitzka Springs / River - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zpyIiSv8V3U.html Anclote Key Florida - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LBEROBSGbA8.html Weeki Wachee River - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KWqfnMJwB1U.html Texploring Texas Creeks in the Sea Eagle PaddleSki ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HkEjvG_8zmM.html Adventure videos in the Explorer: Nantahala Epic Whitewater Paddle: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4CsL96rl2zg.html Texas Kayaking Brazos River: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lU3xlxh35jI.html Kayak Camping 20 miles on the Brazos ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yOea6TfzsHw.html E-Kayaking with the Bixpy Skeg Motor ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nBaSjGPYoGY.html Bixpy® J-2 Electric Outboard Motor Kit with Slide-n-Lock Skeg Adapter bit.ly/3RKGd7e

@@KayakCliff thanks again for the great, and informative information, it’s much appreciated ! We will likely end up with the explorer for multi purpose and payload , and of course, lots of fun and adventure !

@keithm0901 Safe adventuring out there!!!

Thanks a lot Hawaiian Dan! I can’t wait to see the other two videos in your three-part series! Safe adventuring out there buddy!

Hey Mark - Thank You so much for watching and commenting! Here is my affiliate link for the PaddleSki Boat / Kayak / SUP - The “Do Everything” boat! bit.ly/33PbnFH Your support of my affiliate link will help me in making future videos and growing my channel. I’m always here to answer any questions you have about Sea Eagle products. Here’s my email address in case you need to email me. csnedeker@me.com Take care and safe adventuring!

Great to hear that there were a bunch of manatees. I wish I was there! Safe adventuring in 2023!

Thanks LJ! Safe adventuring out there!

Hi Red Ted’s Travels! Thank you so much for watching my video and commenting! Your feedback means so much to me. I really like to hear that people feel like I’m taking them on the trip with me. Have fun when you go there! I will try to see if I can work dog friendly locations, or at least report on whether they are dog friendly in some of my future videos. Safe adventuring out there!

Hi Cliff, thanks for doing good vids!!! Love them keep it up

Thanks so much! Many more vids are in the pipeline!

Merry Christmas and safe adventuring to you Trish!

You are absolutely welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting! Stay safe out there.

Yep 👍 October to April is the best time to be in Florida! I hear Seattle Summers are very nice!

Thank you so much Joe for watching and commenting. Enjoy Clearwater, its such a great place to live! The only thing I’m curious about is that you are from Illinois, but you don’t think winter weather in Clearwater isn’t “toasty warm”. Lol, the Fall, Winter and Spring are the only times I get back to Florida now. I can’t stand the humidity in the Summer there. Get out on the water now if you can before the heat and humidity set in. Take care and safe adventuring!

Thanks for watching and subscribing Chris! You will have fun at both of those destinations! Safe adventuring!

Thanks for watching and commenting Melody! I would like to go back in the summer sometime to get into the springs and do some snorkeling. How crowded was it when you were there? I have to imagine it is much better during the weekdays.

@@KayakCliff a little too crowded but it was fun watching everyone enjoy themselves.

Thanks for watching Chris! Have a great weekend!

Thanks for the comments Gil! Both are great options. If you are going to paddle more and motor less, I would go with the FastTrack. If you are going to motor more, paddle less, but still like the opportunity to kayak paddle or the stability to stand up paddle board - then the PaddleSki with the 5HP or electric is the answer for you. Here are my affiliate links for both: bit.ly/3ecBQ1V bit.ly/33PbnFH Thanks for your support of my channel! Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Let me know if there is anything else I can answer for you!

Glad you got to get there, but sorry the conditions were poor. I’ll keep that in mind when I go there next time. I was there on a falling tide when I shot the video.

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! As far as my editing software, I use Final Cut FCPX software from Apple on my MacBook Pro. It’s professional level, editing software, but the easiest to use of any in my opinion. Very intuitive. Safe adventuring out there in 2023!

@@KayakCliff Thank you for the feedback, really appreciate it!

Thanks for watching and commenting James! Have a great week!

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! The maps that you see in that video, I purchased at the launch site. I think it was only $10. Very nice!

Welcome to the channel Anthony! Thank you for watching and commenting! If you ever have any questions about the PaddleSki, just let me know! My contact information is on my website@kayakcliff.com.

Hey 👋 Krosby! Thanks for watching and commenting! I hope you have a great weekend and safe adventuring out there!

Hey 👋 Good Citizen! Thank you for watching and commenting!

Hi 👋 there Kenneth, thank you so much for watching and subscribing! Have a great weekend and safe adventuring out there!

Thanks Mike!

Lol - I realized that while I was editing the footage. While wading down that beautiful segment of the crack, I gave no thought whatsoever about gators 🐊 Lol! Anyway, if you leave them alone, they will leave you alone. Safe adventuring out there!

Oh sorry, I forgot to mention my camera. Everything in that video was shot with a GoPro hero 10. I was shooting in 4K at 60 frames per second. I use the GoPro for just about everything that I do, unless it is a drone shot. Sometimes I will have a few shots in there from my Sony RX100IV, if I need to zoom in to anything.

Thanks 🙏

Thanks for watching Richard! Safe adventuring out there!

Hi 👋 there! For me, it works best logistically if I just keep the transom on and roll it up, I do take off the stabilizer bar in the front though. That is very easy to put back on. Once I roll it up, I run a strap around it to hold it together, and it is very easy to store.

Does not track very well. Sea eagle does sell, smaller flexible skegs that you can adhesive mount to the bottom of the pontoons. I am going to do that at some point and report back to everybody in a video. Here are my other videos in the PaddleSki. All in all it is a unbelievable do everything boat! PaddleSki Boat / Kayak / SUP - The “Do Everything” boat! My Sea Eagle website affiliate link, your purchases off my affiliate link help to support my channel, Thx 🙏🏻 - bit.ly/33PbnFH My review of the PaddleSki - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9h0BoJi8XjI.html Adventure videos in the PaddleSki: Chassahowitzka Springs / River - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zpyIiSv8V3U.html Anclote Key Florida - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LBEROBSGbA8.html Weeki Wachee River - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KWqfnMJwB1U.html

The two times that I have been there, going back upstream was not too bad. I don't think I ever went upstream against the heavy outgoing tide. I don't think it would be too bad there though.

Hi She And Me! I purchased plastic plates from West Marine that are specifically made to receive boat registration numbers. For now I have just been placing in the bow of the boat. If I get stopped, I’ll just say I forgot the zip ties to tie it off to my D rings on the hull, Lol. I plan on ordering some additional D rings from Sea Eagle to install at strategic locations along the bow where I can properly tie off the plastic registration plates. Safe adventuring and Merry Christmas!

Absolutely, the PaddleSki drains right out the back underneath the transom. No possibility of swamping the boat.

@@KayakCliff thanks. Well I have been on a boat purchasing journey and feel like I am deciding on this paddle ski. It seems to me it would make a great diving platform.

Hi there Blue Dog Gum, it absolutely is a wonderful platform for snorkeling and scuba diving off of. I am attaching some video links for adventure videos that I have done in the PaddleSki. If you ever choose to purchase, thank you for using my product website link below. It gets me a little back to support my channel and activities. Take care and safe adventuring out there! PaddleSki Boat / Kayak / SUP - The “Do Everything” boat! Sea Eagle website PaddleSki page - bit.ly/33PbnFH My review of the PaddleSki - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9h0BoJi8XjI.html Adventure videos in the PaddleSki: Chassahowitzka Springs / River - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zpyIiSv8V3U.html Anclote Key Florida - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LBEROBSGbA8.html

Hi Birdsin Clearsky! No, I did not see any alligators! I looked for them, but did not see any! Thanks for watching and commenting. Safe adventuring in 2022!

Hi 👋 there! In Texas, and in most states I believe, once you put a motor on anything, you are required to register the boat. I put the numbers on plates, since you cannot really stick them to an inflatable hull. Safe adventuring out there!

@@KayakCliff are you allowed to tell me how much it costs? And since you register it do you need insurance too?

It cost me about $85 for a two-year permit. No, I did not need any insurance here in Texas.

@@KayakCliff ok thanks. I really didn't know you needed to do that with a motor. I went and googled Texas laws with motors, it didn't tell me exactly how much I was going to pay but I did learn other requirements. I see plenty of people without life jackets in Austin but yet it's a fine if caught I guess.

Hi there Rebecca! They sold that map at the launch site. There is a camp office where you rent kayaks at the launch site and they sell them. I think it was like $10.

Great question, this location depends on the tides. You need to catch it at high tide to have a chance. Worst case, you slide the bixpy out for a little bit.

@@KayakCliff does the Bixby hang down further than the scag on the fast track 385 do you know, I'm thinking of getting that for my wife and I and this trip right here is similar to some of what we what we would like to do but I think the scag and the Bixby is mainly for deeper water but is you go from deep to shallow how do you manage those

If the tide is high, you should be OK, as long as you steer into the channel that is deeper going up through there.

@kbrowniiee I think it hangs down the exact amount of the skeg. So, if you have to takeoff the skeg, normally, you would do the same with the Bixpy.

@@KayakCliff ok thank you, still trying to decide between the explorer and the fast track but leaning more towards the fast track because I don't think we will be doing any whitewater rapids mostly flat water and some streams and rivers

Hi Jack! In most of my past videos I have used the NRS Ninja PFD which is an awesome, high end, minimalist PFD. In my most recent videos, I have been using the Sea Eagle pfd they sell on their site. Here’s the link: bit.ly/3mi9JTm

I launched at the boat ramp, which is located at the campground. Can't miss it on the map. There is only one.

Hi there, I launched at the boat ramp which is located at the campground. There is only one and it is very close to the headspring. Easy to find on the map.

I use the map app on my iPhone. Plus, I purchased a map from the marina where I launched.

@@KayakCliff I have a Sea Eagle SUP 126 - I look forward to using it on the Chassahowitska. I'll make sure to get a map. Thanks!

Safe adventures, Bob!

Hi 👋 Robert! Thanks for watching and commenting! Yes, I have seen the Pakayak kayaks, but no in person. Only on videos. I would like to try one out sometime!