That one is coming!

YES! HAVE to have steering ! Using the rudder puts so much added torque on the cables-

Where can I find Tim percy setup or how to video

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Love mine too!!!

Head down to dugout bait and tackle in GA! Well worth the trip!

That’s a great question… the 1103 is much more powerful. I feel like it would, but would be interested to see !

The only thing that would defeat that problem. And allow the kayak angler to maintain their straight ahead orientation of the chair. And the boat itself. Whilst moving in parallel to a bank. Is to have some kind of dual motor set-up (front and bank). Of two much smaller battery operated motors. That would nudge the kayak boat a small bit at the front. Then a small bit by the back. So that it could track parallel to a shoreline. Whilst leaving the kayak angler facing directly forward. Able to fish. It would require a sort of drone technology to achieve (in the way they tend to have four propellors). And the power is re-distributed to the four corner propellors I am sure. To allow the software to steer the drone. The control software that was similar for the kayak. Would have to be provided with a couple of GPS points. The kayak angler would set in advance. By selecting two points on a screen. It would enable the software that controlled the propellors then (in the way that a drone works). To keep the kayak moving along a line gradually. At slow speed (while having the kayak oriented at right angles to the direction of movement). Over that distance. Until the journey is completed.

What would be interesting, is if one could get the kayak to move along a linear pathway. While keeping the kayak itself oriented at forty-five degrees angle. To that pathway (instead of the angler casting directly at perpendicular angles to the shoreline). The angler could cast in advance, at a forty five degree angle. Sort of like those Lipizzaner horses in Europe. Were trained to do those canter or trotting movements. Which kept a specific angle to the path in which they were moving. Who knows? In 2030, some group of futurists might some day invent the Lipizzaner technology for propellor motors. It's a very interesting 'control' propblem. For some engineering minds to wrestle with. They've already solved the problem with drones I would think. Except no one's ever done it for water navigation. The list of bass angling techniques. That require the anglers to operate at some specific casting angle like that. Are numerous. So if the navigation challenges could be solved. Kayak anglers would use whatever solution was out there.

It shows it there on minute 02:00 of the video. When Kristine explains about going along a bank on motor propulsion (and wanting to make a bunch of casts). What you will notice that Kristine does. As it's almost locked into muscle memory at this stage. Is Kristine gestures in a way. That both shoulders are still facing directly forward. Ahead of her. At she imitates the motions. Of making a cast. Using a fishing rod and reel. And the lower thorso area is twisting in that manner. Needed in order to cast in a direction. Different to where one's shoulders are pointing. The advantages that bass boat anglers have. Is they have motor foot control. And at the same time. They do get to orient their body. In a way that is most ergonomically comfortable. To make a perpendicular cast. Or an angled cast. Anyone who is a fly fishing angler, or a river bank angler. Who has done much fishing. Has probably sat through days worth of instruction. About fly casting and fly line management. And it's mostly all about. How to orientate oneself in the most comfortable way. While casting and fishing. In order to gain greater efficiency. Kayak angling by it's definition. Sets up the individual to have incredibly good access to lakes, creeks and waterways. However, it does introduce that difficulty. From the very start (which boat anglers don't have to deal with, and neither do shoreline, or bank anglers). Of twisting oneself at an awkward angle a lot. To make fishing possible.

The big reason, why a pivoting chair won't ever happen. When on thinks about it. Is if the mechanism ever moved and pivoted. Or worse, just went into free swing mode. And would not lock back into place at all. Is that it would be the easiest way possible. To get a very significant wrenching of the back muscles and joints. On any kind of rougher water conditions. Going from point 'A' to point 'B'. Even when not fishing from the kayak at all. Which is why. There will always be permanent fixed chairs in kayaks. If one thinks about it though. Bass boats very frequently have swivel chair components. And I've even seen those chairs and such. On Jon boats for bass fishing. Guys in row boats used for fly fishing. Use swivel chairs a good bit. To fish from. It will never happen in a kayak. One needs the stability.

What it does indicate to me though. Is that for companies like Hobie. There's an opportunity to create a platform. For those of us who are older and less flexible. Where the aperture that was made in the floor of the vessel (to put the 'mirage' drive inside of). When using for manual propulsion. There is an opportunity to create a kayak. That has the same apertures designed into it. That were located somewhere towards the front of the boat. And towards the rear too. A second and a third aperture. Where one could locate a couple of electrical motors. And in that way. Operate the kayak in a way that it inched itself slowly to the side (without exceeding a very low speed limit). Instead of going straight ahead. If one had that sideways motor driven propulsion to one's kayak. It would enable the angler to remain facing forward. And fish ahead of the boat. From a more comfortable seated posture. Than having to do the thing. Of twisting one's thorso around all of the time. Over the course of the day. In order to make side ways and angled casts. From the kayak.

Then a lot of people would have tackle boxes and stuff on the deck

Catch 22… having the deck space that far ahead and out of reach wouldn’t be as useful as a big front storage hatch for me! But would be interesting to see that layout !

It was… my go pros didn’t even work it was so cold

Me too!