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  1. What a crazy story! He throttles up just in time. I would have been screaming at that guy in the powerboat... this guy is sooo cool and calm under the pressure! And a nice fish as a Karma present! We just lost a popular Hobie sailor to a boat collision. She was sailing an 18 footer in a 100-mile race in Rhode Island... Rundown from behind by a powerboat. Killed her. The sweetest woman... so sad. That 18 footer had a 28 foot tall mast and full sails... WTF!
  2. I don’t monitor these forums on a regular basis... I’m at the Paddlesports show. If 9 months old... warranty. May be from fin contact with the bottom, but we will replace the spine. Contact your dealer to file the claim.
  3. It depends on the weight in the boat, but yes and it is normal in the floor area of the cockpit. The floor is not always above the water line for better stability (heavy live well load carried lower is better) and in the seating area for ergonomic reasons.
  4. Yes. The cart can be carried inverted in the scuppers. It has been noted that the posts hanging below the hull bottom can cause issues if you hit something or beach in that configuration, so we recommend a pad to lift the frame high enough to keep the posts from protruding. The scuppers have no problem draining with the cart in place.
  5. Yes, the dealer would handle this under warranty.
  6. Sorry about that... We have seen this happen in shows. People recline the seat and then tip it forward to reach for the release. The recoiling line with no tension on it snaps back into the seat and in rare cases jumps a pulley like that. Should not happen, but if you just hold the seat a bit as the line recoils... it never happens.
  7. We have discussed something like this, but it has not been taken to the next level.
  8. It was established that he did have the cart in the cargo area with the posts extended through the bottom and that he was landing in surf this way a number of times. There is video evidence and he states the fact himself: "Coming in backwards via surf with or without the cart" The crack is mid-scupper reinforcement tube, but you can also see damage to the reinforcement tube itself and this is significant... I had not noted that before. This is the biggest evidence that a significant impact or load occured. The top of the tube was fractured. My point is not to blame Elias, but to hopefully diminish the concern behind this failure as being a design, materials or production issue. I simply do not think that is the case here. There is considerable evidence to "assume" (I still say assume...) that impact cracked this one.
  9. The thread explains that he carried the cart upside down with posts extended below the hull when landing in surf. The “assumption” is that the posts contacted the bottom and leveraged to scupper.
  10. I'm not convinced it needs it for most people. This specific one appears to have been impacted hard. Remember as well, the more cost we put into the product the higher the list price. It's a balance of over kill or not vs value.
  11. This is the OPs (Elias) kayak... not another or new cracked scupper. Photo from the claim:
  12. This is something that has been suggested in the past. We have not reviewed lately, but I have looked at some of the warranty policies where they claim a lifetime warranty. Seems to be a lot of fine print in them.
  13. Scupper carts are BY FAR the easiest carts to use in most cases (aside from having to tip the boat on it's side to install). Next best is a dolly with a cradle for the larger and heavier boats. Failures to a Hobie scupper from cart use is rare. We don't get many claims since adding the reinforcement tubes. I have been using one for decades and have had no issues. I did damage a scupper once, but is was not a cart scupper and it was from landing on rocks in the surf. Just simple common sense is required. Don't ram them into rocks, curbs or bounce down stairs. Don't overload the kayak and don't store the boat on the cart. I too had a strap-on cart at one time. I hated it. They are a pain to get set up and to keep them in the right location. They can also cause dents in the bottom of the hull.
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