The Reincarnation of my Hobie Outback

If anyone has been following this Blog they will know that I met with near disaster when I last ventured out on my Hobie Outback Kayak whilst on holiday in Scotland. The cause of this near disaster was a hole in the scupper hole in the Kayak which resulted in the kayak filling with water. I cannot be certain but I believe that the hole was made by the purpose made cart that is inserted into the scupper holes to enable  the user to move the Kayak around when out of the water. Over the course of a year, this has worn the inside of the scuppers and made a hole.

Hobie have been excellent in dealing with this problem and have now replaced my Kayak. I consider myself very lucky as I have read reports where Hobie have not been so sympathetic in similar cases and have blamed misuse of the plug in cart as the cause of the damage. I firmly believe there is a problem with this particular cart or there was a weakness inside the scuppers of that particular Kayak. Either way it renders the plug in cart unfit for purpose. There are now cart dome caps available which I believe will go a long way to resolving the problem.

So, if anyone from Hobie is reading this, thank you for being so understanding in my case but please do not dismiss this kind of damage as misuse of the cart, there is definitely an issue with the old type cart.

Moss Green Hobie Outback with C-Tug Cart.