Spent the day building this adapter box for the Hobie pedal drive that I’m putting in the St. Lawrence River Skiff. Unlike the adapter boxes I put in our canoes, this one will be permanent instead of removable, and utilizes a different attachment system and thinner plywood, reducing the overall weight of the box by almost 2 pounds.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, I realized while I was building this that there is a way I can reduce the overall bulk and weight of our existing removable system dramatically. I probably won’t have time to test that this year, but I will make a short video about my idea and add it to the pedal drive course as “experimental.”
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