Mokai Trip - Allegheny River - P1

Mokai Kayak Trip On Allegheny River From Tidioute Bonnie Brae Access To Rt. 62 Bridge At Buckaloons Recreational Area Part 1
Approximately a 13 mile one way trip. Beautiful scenic view trip. River was fast moving in general, surprisingly faster in several places.
Video taken with Canon G10 camera and my very shaky handholding fixed as best as I could with VirtualDub.
See: http://www.tidioute.com/701.html
See: http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/allegheny/recreation/camping/buckaloons/

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Travel & Events

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• mokai
• Mokai
• kayak
• fishing
• Allegheny
• River
• Tidioute
• Buckaloons
• G10

[vonfiling]

how far upstream you think you could go on a tank of gas?

[MyOhioStuff]

Hi Matthew

I was running upstream against a pretty heavy flow in this video. The overall trip was around 26 miles or so. When I returned I had perhaps maybe only a 1/2 gallon left in the tank. This trip was pretty much a constant struggle getting up river. Normally I can cruise the slower moving rivers pretty much all day on a tank (3 gallons) of gas.

I spent a all day on the South Bay of Lake Champlain in NY earlier this year using only a 1/2 tank (video not yet posted).

[MyOhioStuff]

@kschoen44 Standing and fishing is a little too tricky for me. I hear some people do it but I don't. I sometimes sit up on a cushion I put on the back part of the craft between the back of the seat and the engine cover to give me a little more casting room, but for the most part, I fish while sitting inside. The craft is very stable though, nothing at all like a sea kayak or similar. Taking a leak with a short hose over the side will make it feel a little tippy:) Need a longer hose I guess:)

[kschoen44]

@MyOhioStuff can you stand and fish on your makia?

[matthewl97]

@matthewl97 Thank you this will help me a lot!

[MyOhioStuff]

@matthewl97 You're quite welcome. Peek at P7 in the series. Upriver through faster moving water. Headway was slow but: No one I know of could have paddled upriver through that! Me and gear, is approx. 240 lbs. On smooth water I can get approx. 10mph (measured by GPS). So if you are going against a water flow of 3 mph, actual SOG (speed over ground) would be ~7 mph. Hope this helps. I love my Mokai. I made the videos to try help others. Happy to answer questions if I can. Best wishes to you.

[matthewl97]

@MyOhioStuff Thanks i was thinking about getting one not for lakes but more for cruising around but i want something that does a reasonable speed. Now that i know this river or stream was flowing fast i know it could do a lot faster in ebb waters and full throttle

[MyOhioStuff]

to: @matthewl97

I was probably close to 3/4+ throttle. Spring water flow was very high at approx. 7,000+ CFS with a lot of leaf and other vegetation in the water partially obstructing the vessel water intake. More typical water flow is around 2,000 to 2,800 CFS for summer months. I had fished that river a lot when I was young and usually could find places to wade completely across. Not this time. A slip while wading would have taken me under and downstream one heck of a long way:)

[matthewl97]

1:45 Is this full speed?