Easy and Effective upgrades for Hobie Kayaks

[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

[Iceman]

Here is one I did today. customers idea, I guess he is not worried about location interfering with paddling.

[peguinpower]

Any pics on how you guys route the wires thru the mast pipe? I am very interested. How do you seal it?

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[mg2969]

The mast pipe is behind the hatch and normally isn't going under water so it doesn't have to be watertight (at least I don't think so ). I use a couple of turns of electrical tape to keep water out and make a tighter seal but not perfect.

I have no pics of the kayak, since I just recently had a warranty replacement from Hobie. When I do the install, again, I will take pix this time.

MikeG

[dorf]

I like the weights on the peddles. I'll have to do that.
You have to love the mast receptacles in the hobie as it allows for easy set up and removal. I need to have that ease for loading my yak on top of my Explorer. Here is how I have mine set up. I use the PVC to keep my nets from sliding off and I can have a light as well as room for the fish finder (when finances allow).