I've been looking at both the shearwater and an old town, this has me sold on the shearwater. Everything I'd ever want in a kayak, plus some things I hadn't even though of. Nice vid and great job on the yak!
Nice rig. I have an old Jackson Cuda I'm thinking of selling and buying a Vibe Shearwater 125. One of the reasons I like it besides being laid out so well is that there is an access hatch in the rear for installing items on the hull with nuts and bolts. How do you like this kayak?
Nice walkthrough. I’m looking to change my pedal drive pod to the yak gadget pod. I can’t seem to find these clips. Where did you get them and was it an easy swap?
there's a left and right. not too hard at all. look up shearwater owners page on FB, I did walkthrus on there lightningkayaks.com/products/drive-lock-left
@@amar-6154 here's the link to the FB page. me and a few others did walk thrus on how to do it. TONS of info there facebook.com/groups/590754368406999/?ref=share
I have your exact model and color. I'm about to mount my fish finder and bought the wire glands. Did you run your transducer cable through the "dry box" from the bottom? Of course I need to run the graph unit through the top, but didn't want to open anything else. My battery and wiring will fit in there like you have it, just wondering what you did with the extra transducer cable. Thanks for everything!
I cut the tiniest notch at the lip of the lid. just enough so it doesnt pinch the cable when closed. ALL cables are in the pod.. ill have to make a video going into more detail.
How heavy is this thing after all mods? Does it still get up and go? I typically run my old Mirage Outback loaded minimally because its soo heavy to begin with. Looking for an upgrade potentially since my 2021 Sea-Doo Fish Pro was a lemon...
@@KayakKingdom awesome, ty. I am about 225lb right now - gonna try to drop a few, but really looking at grabbing one of these as opposed to the hobie. I have an old Mirage OB, and its just too clunky and slow.
Couple questions for ya, what deck padding did you buy? You just cut it yourself? Where’d you find the drawer organizers? And last, what are those bungees you have holding your seat down? Looks way more secure than the little seat clips. Would like to do some of your mods to my shearwater
Fishy, I’ve got hobie clips and same pod as you. How did you install clips at correct height so 180 drive fits in correctly etc. Can you share so Bubba does not have to reinvent procedure and deal with failure….
How do you like your fish finder? Do you have a video on how you did the set up to the box? Also would you do the striker plus 4cv or the vivid plus 4 cv?
the vivid came out in oct 2020 I think. and it wasn't available when I purchased mine. I would imagine its better, and the same price as the Clear view. I'll have to make a specific video on the box itself.
@@KayakKingdom Thank you! I've just got a Sheerwater 125 and was wondering if I can replace the X Drive with the Hobie 180 Drive since this one has reverse. Thank you again for the quick reply!
Thanks for the video of your mods. I’m new to kayak fishing and just bought one of these. Where did you get the rudder extension and cutting board? Thank you!
I’d like to modify my entire fish finder box the way you did it. Can you help me with this? I don’t know how you installed the wires into the box and how you were able to thread the cable out through the box.
Thanks for sharing! I have a Shearwater as well and want to upgrade to the 180 drive with Turbo fins but nobody seems to be able to give me an answer as to which model number is the one that fits. Can you help please??
no. (well kind of). the kayak comes with a flat deck pod. you'd have to buy the x-pod and steering handle. or you can go aftermarket and get the yakgadget drive pod, which is the one I have
@@KayakKingdom Yeah I know about the x pod I just didn’t know if it was compatible with the hobie drive. I thought the x pod was just compatible with the x drive kit. So the hobie would fit? Also how much do you think a good price would be for a hobie drive. Some guy is selling one for 400
@@dannypino3130 all the xdrive is, is a carbon copy of the v2 hobie drive. so they are pretty much one in the same. hobie being better quality. $400 is "decent" for a non-180 (with reverse) hobie drive
not bad actually. for as wide as it is and stable as it is. it does well. and tracks well, and you can use the foot steering to work the rudder while paddling, which helps alot. I'd recommend eventually going pedal drive tho. it's a game changer for fishing.
