Motorizing My Hobie PA17t (Electric & Gas) + Lighting - Florida Fish Hunter

Sharing some modifications that I made to the boat prior to taking it on its first voyage since purchased. The transom shown is partly just a prototype rig for testing purposes. Hopefully I'm close with the calculated transom height and angle for the outboard otherwise it should just be a simple adjustment. Be sure to look out for a follow up to this video.
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Electric Mode - • Motorizing My Hobie PA...
Gas Mode - • Motorizing My Hobie PA...
Light it UP! - • Motorizing My Hobie PA...
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[@OldLadyAngler]

Heckuva setup John. Very nice! Looking forward to the OTW video.

[@FFHTV]

Thanks Tracy! 😊 👍

[@SteegeFish]

Cool video. Hopefully I’ll have a pa17T in my fleet someday

[@FFHTV]

Thanks SteegeFish! 😊👍

[@surfdogvacationrentals5207]

Thanks for sharing your work. I'm looking at motor mount setups and yours has helped me think mine out. Looking forward to seeing your videos on using it.

[@FFHTV]

Awesome, thank you! 😊👍

[@RadDadisRad]

I’m very tempted to dump my 14 for a 17.

[@FFHTV]

I would recommend trying out a 17 first before dumping the 14 just in case you don't like it. 😊👍

[@RadDadisRad]

@@FFHTV I borrowed a 17t when I was buying my 14 a few years ago. I didn’t want the extra chair and drive so I didn’t get it but as I build up my kit for my kayak I’ve noticed that I either need to lighten my load or swap to a larger kayak. I take this thing all over the country and do multi day camping trips out of it along with all day river cruises. I’m not going smaller at this point.