It has been on my possible project list for a while. I still haven't tried the Mirage, but the drive unit looks like it has real possibilities.

What is your opinion of the Hobie pedal system?

: My wife has a Hobie Mirage, a polyethylene sit-on-top powered by pedaled
: fins. Though I've built three stitch-and-glue wooden kayaks, I sometimes
: like to take this boat out because I can pedal it for hours without
: getting numb feet or legs. I've been wishing I had a pedal-powered boat as
: appealing as the wooden kayaks, and have begun to wonder whether one
: couldn't build a sit-on-top stripper which could be used with the Hobie
: pedaled fins. The Mirage has a slot through the (double) hull through
: which the fins are inserted after putting the boat in the water. So my
: question is, does anybody have experience with building a sit-on-top
: stripper? I think I've seen at least one picture of one. Am I naive to
: imagine that strip-building technology would lend itself just as well to
: building a kayak with the deck intact but dented in (a sit-on-top) as it
: would to building one with a big round hole in the top?
: Mike Plumer
: Poulsbo, WA