Added a little upgrade on the kayak...

[centerfire_223]

Getting old sucks, my shoulders started bothering me paddling my kayak. So I decided to perform a little upgrade on it.







I got to take it out this past weekend and it performs like a dream. Wish I would have done it a long time ago.

[nastygunz]

Very nice!

[Okanagan]

Very nice!

Yes! 

I keep thinking of adding an electric motor to my kayak.  You really did a nice job on yours.

Here in BC if I add a motor then it is counted as a power vessel and subject to the same laws as a 200 horse cabin cruiser.  I would have to take a course and then a test to get an operator's license, plus register the boat as if it were a big Boston Whaler.  So far, I have passed on the motor though I have an electric that I was set to cut down and install much like yours.  It would let me go upstream in the mighty Fraser River, so that I could hook a fish from a mid river gravel bar, follow it in the boat to fight it and go back upriver to my starting point. 

[nastygunz]

Good point, do you have to register it now? Did you rig up those steering cables? Pretty neat set up!

[slagmaker]

Very clean setup.

I am the same here in the Hoosier state. Any motor means registration and that means more money out of pocket.

[centerfire_223]

Yes I had to title it and put numbers on it, just like with a big boat. That only cost me $40 and a trip to Columbia.

I had engineered the steering when I put the rudder on it a couple of years ago. It steers with my feet, and the next addition is going to be installing a clicker like you unlock your truck doors with. I will then be able to set the speed to what I want but turn it off and on without having to sit down and run the motor itself. I do most of my bass fishing standing up. So that will just be a convenience factor for me.

I have added a couple of more niceties since I took the picture. I added a 7" riser to the seat to take some of the pressure off of my hips, when sitting flat down. I kept getting a cramp in my hip, but that took care of that problem. I also added a Hummingbird  graph and a bass boat seat. I will take some more pictures of the latest upgrades in a day or two and post them.

[nastygunz]

Ya gots some fabrication skills!

[Okanagan]

Ya gots some fabrication skills!

For sure!  Wanna customize mine?!!

[FinsnFur]

Pretty slick. Your going to have so many toys on it pretty soon, you will have been better off with a glitter sparkle Lund bass boat. 

[centerfire_223]

Jim that could be but the only difference is I will have $1000 in mine instead of $50,000.

[FinsnFur]

I hear ya

[Hawks Feather]

Jim that could be but the only difference is I will have $1000 in mine instead of $50,000.

Hey, it is only money and you are worth it.   

Jerry

[centerfire_223]

I just can't convince my wife I am worth $50,000 for a boat.   

[Hawks Feather]

I just can't convince my wife I am worth $50,000 for a boat.   

But if you have a life insurance policy she might have a $50,000 boat when she cashes in your policy.  See, it is just how you look at things.   

Jerry