I looked into putting one into my WD12, but the cockpit was too small. I would have had to cut away a large part of the deck to have room for my legs to operate the drive. I suspect that if that was the case with something as large as the WD12 cockpit, you'd really have to butcher the  CH17.

Just for comparison, here's the WD12 coaming overlaid on a CH16 cockpit. The CH16 has the same size opening as the Ch17. You'd probably have better luck with the Sea Island Sport (or the Cocktail Racer).

Laszlo

Kellan Hatch has done this with the Mill Creek, which seems like a more appropriate boat than the Chesapeake 17.

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/03/r/projects/mirage/index.htm

http://smalltrimarans.com/blog/?p=1921

i read this post with interest as i have test pedaled a hobie mirage kayak and i loved it.  Genius!  but the approach of putting it in a plywood non-sit-on-top boat thru a trunk raises 2 questions in my tiny brain.

do my size 13s hit the trunk (heel strike?)

how do you pick the fore-aft location.  in a kayak it's kinda set, but what about a dory or other boat?  center my weight in the boat and go from there or is it more complicated?

thanks

Mike