kayak with outboard

[robmedina]

if you see a sand colored Jackson kayak with outriggers , a sail and an 1968 Evinrude mate 1.5hp on the water- say hello....if you can catch me LOL!

[cowherder]

You put an outboard on a kayak? Sounds like its a boat now! Just kidding, lol
what do you do when you get hit by big swells? Can it mess up the motor?

[J Barbosa]

You put an outboard on a kayak? Sounds like its a boat now! Just kidding, lol
what do you do when you get hit by big swells? Can it mess up the motor?

Kayaking is a very wet sport *LOL*

I've damaged the electrical switches on my motor twice...luckily my brother and I are pretty handy and we were able to diagnose the problem and repair it (twice).

Rob, I'll have no problem catching you.

[robmedina]

I just got the motor mount figured out yesterday saturday will be the maiden voyage with it


Jb so thats your new boat....lol! Thats insane!

[robmedina]

[surferman]

Wow that is awesome! What HP is that motor? I am assuming it is pretty fast bc you are holding the paddle in the water to steer it right? thanks for sharing.

[robmedina]

it is an 1968 Envinrude Mate 1.5hp. Yes, you are correct, I was using the paddle to assist in turning right. I have a rudder on the yak but it isn't strong enough to overpower the motor wanting to turn the kayak left. At full throttle (and turning left LOL) I get over 6mph, but if I throttle down I can maintain about 4.5mph and still be able to steer. When you see me using the paddle it was because I had a very strong wind over my right shoulder (also wanting to turn the boat left) I am trying to figure out a way to overpower it via a bigger rudder.
I did make a rudder out of plywood. It looks like a big boot, LOL but the darn thing floats! Ugg- Maybe I should find 1/4" thick aluminum plate to make it out of. Might be my only option.

[lostatsea]

Nice set up thanks for posting.