NorthWest Kayak Anglers
Not Necessarily Kayak Fishing => Classifieds => Topic started by: Squidder_K on July 11, 2023, 01:05:23 PM
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Hey folks I found this old 2004 Mirage being sold locally, minus the drive and seat. Seat is easy to find, but I am wondering if anyone may have a drive they want to sell?
Thanks
Kevin aka Squidder_K
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I’m wondering if it was accidentally removed from someone’s roof rack without there knowledge with the seat and drive stored safely inside?! Just saying I’d want to find out without a doubt that it’s not hotter then a $2 pistol. Not that buying one unknowingly makes the buyer a bad guy, just throwing my $0.02 in there. Also I can’t help ya pops has a drive he don’t use but ain’t parting with, he has an electric troller, which is another way you could go.
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I’m wondering if it was accidentally removed from someone’s roof rack without there knowledge with the seat and drive stored safely inside?! Just saying I’d want to find out without a doubt that it’s not hotter then a $2 pistol. Not that buying one unknowingly makes the buyer a bad guy, just throwing my $0.02 in there....
It was made nearly 20 years ago, easy to imagine it becoming separated from its drive and seat in a legal manner. How would you find out w/o a doubt that it's not stolen?
@Squidder_K: Can't help you, but good luck!
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For what it's worth I have a 2006 Hobie Outback I'm looking to sell that has both the seat and the drive!
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That thought has crossed my mind as well, but the seller works where I work, and Uncle Sam frowns on us having records of any kind. Now who he bought it from???? I do plan on running the hull number just to make sure.
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I’m wondering if it was accidentally removed from someone’s roof rack without there knowledge with the seat and drive stored safely inside?! Just saying I’d want to find out without a doubt that it’s not hotter then a $2 pistol. Not that buying one unknowingly makes the buyer a bad guy, just throwing my $0.02 in there....
It was made nearly 20 years ago, easy to imagine it becoming separated from its drive and seat in a legal manner. How would you find out w/o a doubt that it's not stolen?
@Squidder_K: Can't help you, but good luck!
Well since the buyer is known to S_K not an issue there….but I’d say if you called local PD with a serial # (provided they actually “want” to do something about it) then post up a partial # say … on here, the Hobie forum, and a quick Internet search to see if something was recently reported stolen. Can’t see anybody sitting on a stolen kayak fir any length of time. But remember crackheads be crackheads, keep it cabled!
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Are you imitating me for fun or to be mean Mojo? You're overthinking this I think. If the Squidder wants to ensure a clear conscience, one call to local police would be enough.
I'm in the market for a used Outback and when I ask "What year is it?" no one seems to know - they know when they bought it - and I have to tell them where to look on the hull to find the manufacturing year. So, even if it was a stolen hull, maybe one in 100 people would know the serial number, unless it was a brand new boat and they had dealer receipts or were like me: totally anal about keeping receipts long after I've used-up and thrown out whatever it was I bought. And if it was the second or third or fifth owner, the original receipt is long gone.
Squidder, you might look on the Faccebook Marketplace for a drive unit. There was a V2 drive for sale last week, claimed to be what was left after the Revo was destroyed in an automobile accident. Wasn't of interest to me, but I remember it being rather reasonably priced.
Good luck in your search.
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I was down at Gig Harbor Fly Shop and checked out a newer drive to see if would fit, and it did not not. I have to find an old unit. or just paddle for now. The guy I bought it from was also a shipyard employee (club fed terminates people clearances if you get picked up for stealing stuff, so I am 99% sure he didn't light finger it).
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I think you might be right there!! 😝 going to tough to find an older one, maybe make a mold of it and then a plug with a trolling motor in it 😉
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They are lot lighter than what is currently being made. I may go for the water snake motor later. Right now, I have a cassette plug in the drive hole, and it paddles pretty decently.
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I have a 24# thrust drive well Watersnake. It doesn't take long for it to get really hot, and it does maybe 3 mph in calm conditions on my Outback. Just feels underpowered, plus there are only 2 speed settings, which makes attaining a specific trolling speed next to impossible.
Granted, it's probably 10 years old, the new ones might have more features.
Just my 2 cents.