Mirage Drive Storage?

Is it ok to store your Mirage drives by hanging them from rope loops by the pedals, one loop from each pedal?

I've always stored mine from 2 nails that rest on the pedals where they meet the drive arm. No Problem.

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I'm right 98% of the time. The other 3% I don't worry about.

I also hang my drive off two pegs each, under the pedals. Has been fine for almost 4 years.

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Hobie Island Sailing since 2006

My Mirage drive is stored exactly as you have described. It's only been 5 months now, but it seems fine.

Thanks guys. I assumed it would be fine. They probably take a lot more stress while in use. I have drives from my PA and my Revo and my Revo seat hanging from a rope I strung across the back corner of my shop behind my hulls. I just needed to get them up off the floor. It actually looks pretty cool in my opinion.

I keep my drive in the special zippered storage bag Hobie sells. It has a clip for hanging, helps keep dust and dirt off the drive, and gives me a place to store spare parts and the drive leash.

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Anonymous - "The gods do not subtract from the alloted span of men's lives the hours spent fishing."

I keep mine laying flat on the back deck of my flats boat that hasn't moved since I got my outback.

bgtruk21. Having the same problem, could have saved $18,000 if I had bought the Hobie first. Thinking about pulling the GPS off and mounting it on the kayak. Thanks for the idea about where to store the drive.

The neighbor has rigged his to transport his kayaks.

bgtruk21,

I know what you mean about a boat not getting used. I have a proline 20' walkaround cuddy and have more fun fishing in my revolution. I have seen more and more kayak fishing guide services using motherships to get out to the flats and mangroves and dropping off the kayaks to fish. I am going to make my boat a mothership. Carry my revolutions on each side of the cabin tied to the rail or towed on a spreader bar behind. Plenty of places nearby in the Keys and Biscayne Bay to go flats fishing but a long way to pedal from shore.

Everglades Kayak Fishing has a nice setup to get to the flats & mangroves in the 10,000 islands. Their Paddle Kayaks only. An example of a mothership.
http://www.evergladeskayakfishing.com/yak-trips.htm



Gonna broaden my kayaking fishing horizons with a mothership.

Revo

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I would rather be kayaking and think about work than to be at work thinking about kayaking.
A Thrill Ride is being dragged around in your kayak for 40 minutes by an extremely large fish.

Tried to book a trip with that guy but said he couldn't transport my Hobie and that I couldn't keep up unless I used one of his.

Ranger908,

Sorry I was not implying that they will transport your boat. Just as an example of a guide service mothership I was talking about. I edited my previous post. They use Ocean Kayak Tridents and others that are quite quick paddling kayaks and honestly the Mirage Drive yaks do not keep up with them. I have a friend with an 15' OK Trident Prowler and he can easily leave my revolution in the dust even at a sprint. The hull speed of the Hobies just do not match up. EKF's SOT's have much faster hull speeds. An Adventure might come close. I didn't buy mine for speed anyway.

But on a better note you can launch your Hobie from Everglades City, FL at the West Ranger Station of Everglades National Park (FREE) and follow the tide out one of two passes Indian Pass or Sand Fly Pass and then come back with the tide and have a grand day of fishing. 6.5 miles from Ranger Station to Indian Key (last key before the gulf) and plenty of shallows to fish around the mangroves. Plan a trip when outgoing tide is early AM. Have a picnic lunch on Indian Key and fish fish fish. I have done both passes and it is a great day on the water. A handheld GPS is pretty mandatory preferably with a chartplotter or your smart phone with chart software in a waterproof case. All Mangrove Islands look alike You do not want to get lost out there.

I hope to go sometime with my powerboat and mothership my kayaks there as well as here locally in the Bay and Keys.

Sorry for any confusion. But for a paddle fishing trip you cannot beat EFK. They are Great Folks and have an Annual Paddle-In in February to Indian Key.



Launch at Ranger Station


Pedal across Chokoloskee Bay


Entrance to Indian Pass


Open channel to Indian Key


On Indian Key


Lookin back from whence I came


EFK 2009 Paddle-In .. I did the 2010 also




Fishing among the Mangroves .. saw Manatees, dolphins & Tarpon leaping


A fantastic place to Hobie Kayak.

Revo

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I would rather be kayaking and think about work than to be at work thinking about kayaking.
A Thrill Ride is being dragged around in your kayak for 40 minutes by an extremely large fish.

Sounds like self-serving to me... Who couldn't keep up? If his other clients saw you in a Hobie, then they would all want one!!!!

Thinwater,

I did not intend to start a bashing post. I was speaking of using our own personal watercraft to be used as a mothership. I posted EFK's mothership purely as an example only cause it is a nifty setup. They are a Kayak Fishing Guide Service NOT a personal kayak shuttle service and unfortunately they do not have Hobie's in their fleet. Absolutely nothing Self-Serving about that.

There is alot to say about free hand fishing and that is what I love most about my revolutions and the Mirage Drive but he is right and I can confirm it YOU CANNOT KEEP UP and I have Turbo fins too.


Where we do have em licked is against a wind .. Hobies cut through wind like butter with hardly any additional effort while they break a sweat.

Revo

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I would rather be kayaking and think about work than to be at work thinking about kayaking.
A Thrill Ride is being dragged around in your kayak for 40 minutes by an extremely large fish.

Revo

Had nothing to do with your post. I contacted them long before your reply. I fished out of "Port of Isles" in that area and found it really nice. Wanted to go down with the kayak and camp a few days and fish. My problem was he said he could transport me when I first talked to him then changed his story. Seemed like a nice guy and he probably runs a good service, he could only take me on a day trip. Didn't want to go out into that area the first time without some local knowledge by myself. Trying to get a feel for the area because I am looking into the around Florida Trail. I knew I could make the trip to the camping sites on my own out of E City but could not hook up to one of his trips without taking the shuttle.

You are right on about that 10,000 island area. Wouldn't go down there without all the right gear. You could get turned around quickly. Hate to be down there if the fog ever rolled in. Just about as bad as the Great Dismal Swamp. I would move down there because of the fishing if I could get my wife to move 200 miles south.

Played all last winter with kayak racers that were training in the area. Can't keep up with them when they kick it in high gear. Their is a difference between sea kayakers going 25 miles a day to a group of tourist on a day trip for a three hours eco tour. But that was never a issue.

I think we stole the post.

Back on the subject line

I have storage hooks mounted on ceiling rafters in my garage where I stow my paddle and hang my seat over the paddle shaft. I use a small 6" bungie hooked around the pedal shaft under the pedal post and hang my drive on one of the hooks. Never had a problem hanging it that way.

Ranger908,

Here is a post of several navigation apps for iphones which work great for kayak navigation on the water.
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=30465

Revo

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I would rather be kayaking and think about work than to be at work thinking about kayaking.
A Thrill Ride is being dragged around in your kayak for 40 minutes by an extremely large fish.