here i am being towed behind david coles mokai kayak. my own version of water kayaking!! next time i will try to stand up. topped out at about 3 miles per hour. it was great being pulled all over the lake. sure helped my shoulder out!!

I could barely stand up in my scrambler in not moving in still water...

I don't think I would. After learning just how thin (paper thin), these yaks are at the scuppers, I could see the stresses of that kind of towing popping it wide open. Still it's your kayak. Let us know how it turns out.

Does that thing have to have a TX number as a motorboat?

edit: never mind, found the answer and it is "yes".

Trout Bum, actually, we were closer to 4.7mph. 3.5 is just idle. And, yes, it is a powered watercraft and does have TX hull numbers just like to big boys do...wide open is about 12-13mph and gets the Mokai up on plane, like a larger boat does. With a yak in tow, I don't know. Get prepared to get dunked would be my guess.

A longer rope might have worked better and I'm thinking about a harness attached to the two back lift handles. It would pull straighter and we might be able to make 6-7 mph. Still, we were way faster than Bum could paddle on his own and we logged almost 7 miles that day, according to the GPS travel data.

So there...

After watching one of the videos about powered surf boards, I'd like to ask Mokai to offer a different model, one closer to a SOT kayak and the same power plant/jet drive. Easier to get inside, stand, cast from, etc... more of a fishing platform and not so much of a cold water exploration craft. A bit longer, maybe 13.5ft or 14ft to paddle better when not underway with the jet drive and longer would add some more space to strap a crate and carry stuff onboard. Not that I don't love the current Mokai, there are always ideas to improve a craft when you have a specific use model in mind. Think about a cross between a Hobie Revolution or the larger Pro Angler, with the jet drive added... Frickin' AWESOME!!

D. Cole-how is your yak powered? Is it a trolling motor or something. Just wondering.

7hp air cooled Subaru engine. No trolling motor I know of will do 13mph.

I don't like it! now I want one! LOL

I know where you can get one and there was one for sale in Houston...it had the older style 5hp Honda engine, but was still a great craft. $2500

http://mokaioutdoors.com/viewforum.php?f=8&sid=81681cc7191d420e5b345f4da6c8e3d2

http://mokaioutdoors.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=53

I dunno... you might get that out of a riptide 80# tm... maybe...

maxxum 101 will do 10 mph on my 19 ft champion

with 36 volts of power...that would sink my kayak.

get some badash lithiom ion batteries . i bet it would get on pad
maybe chine lol