hacking up my yak - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

bubblehide · 02-14-2011, 08:28 PM

Well, I've been thinking of taking the plunge for a few years now. I've discussed my idea with Jim Day, and he also decided to give it a try. We both went and bought almost everything we need, made a brief start, and put it away to move on to other things. Well, something happened that lit a fire under my hiney, so I'm back at it again. So what the hell am I up to you probably asking; well being a previous owner of a Hobie Outback, I came to appreciate their pedal drive, but simply hated their hull designs, so I decided to make my Current Design, Alutra into a pedal drive. So I started with making a fiberglass mold that the pedal drive sets into. I did however, mold in 14" stainless so I would have a solid mounting of the drives mounting clips. Here are a few pictures.
The glass mold
http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m...g?t=1297743050

Mold and supplies
http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m...g?t=1297743050

Stainless pieces
http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m...g?t=1297743050

Stainless glassed in place
http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m...g?t=1297743050

Today I cut holes in the yak, so I can glass the fiberglass drive housing into the yak. I'll post those pictures of me cutting up a perfectly good kayak sometime tomorrow.

02-14-2011, 08:28 PM	#1
bubblehide Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 552	hacking up my yak Well, I've been thinking of taking the plunge for a few years now. I've discussed my idea with Jim Day, and he also decided to give it a try. We both went and bought almost everything we need, made a brief start, and put it away to move on to other things. Well, something happened that lit a fire under my hiney, so I'm back at it again. So what the hell am I up to you probably asking; well being a previous owner of a Hobie Outback, I came to appreciate their pedal drive, but simply hated their hull designs, so I decided to make my Current Design, Alutra into a pedal drive. So I started with making a fiberglass mold that the pedal drive sets into. I did however, mold in 14" stainless so I would have a solid mounting of the drives mounting clips. Here are a few pictures. The glass mold http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m...g?t=1297743050 Mold and supplies http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m...g?t=1297743050 Stainless pieces http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m...g?t=1297743050 Stainless glassed in place http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m...g?t=1297743050 Today I cut holes in the yak, so I can glass the fiberglass drive housing into the yak. I'll post those pictures of me cutting up a perfectly good kayak sometime tomorrow.