Easy and Effective upgrades for Hobie Kayaks

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Originally Posted by PAL

Must be my question day. My rudder up / down cables have never worked smoothly. Does the extra swing weight of the sailing rudder cause any problems or make lifting the rudder more difficult?

Paul,

It feels the same with either rudder. Bring your boat by the shop and I'll tinker with your rudder. I've gotten pretty good at adjusting them.

[Dan]

That's a cool post Nate.

[mg2969]

Guess you got the electrical tape too, can't see pix at work

[peguinpower]

FYI out in Feb 2008

Ram Hobie sail mast mount


Ram hobie sail gps ff mount



see it mounted here ...http://www.ram-mount.com/mount/ram_kayak_mount.htm

I like the accessibility of rail mounting stuff. And they dont get in the way as much one would think.

[mg2969]

Very kewl
Where do you run the wires ?

[peguinpower]

I like the Blue Sea System Cable Clams.



You can see it as the one round thing on my deck. You punch anything from a 1/2 inch to a 1.25 inch hole on your kayak depending on the clam size and the connectors you use. Mount the cable clam (in your chosen location) and run your cable thru. They are serviceable, adapts lightly curved surfaces, you can change FF cables easily, and I have taken out the cable entirely and capped the cable clam with a thin round cut out rubber and it looks very clean.

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[mg2969]

This is my design
Using the sail mast receptacle
However I detached the original base and crafted a double pivot base with a transducer wire pass through

Hope this is helpful

None of the pieces are glued down especially the cap
Sometimes you might need to take a section off to more easily pass the wire

The whole assembly goes into the sail mast receptacle including the pass through wires

Just
1. 1 2ft piece of 1/2 PVC
2. 1 four-way T
3. 4 90deg elbows
4. a 1/2 cap -drilled
5. 4 spare sections of 1/2 pvc l(like 2 in maybe each)
6. 4 in or so piece of 1/2 in pvc