Ok, im gonna go out on a limb here. I have both an Pro angler and A Revoultion. The pro angler is great for inside the harbor and lakes and such but doesnt take rougher water outside the break walls very well. It becomes quite tipsy. So I bought a revolution to handle the rougher water. Problem is the revo is only rated for 350 pounds..Even with only two rods and minimalist amount of equipment and only 2 gallons of water in my livewell Im sitting pretty close to that limit. I weigh 263. trying to lose weight and you know how hard that is!! Well the revo works good but takes alot of water over the sides if the waves or wakes come sideways.And you got no room for anything else. Your pretty locked into one sitting position and nowhere to put your fish or anything else except in the small front hatch. Now why dont you make a wider longer revo that would accommodate people taller than 6 foot and heavier than 250. The pro angler is a step in the right direction, just look at the sales of it. Pretty good. But the pro angler just isnt built for offshore fishing even though people are doing just that. The problem with the PA offshore is that it becomes quite tippy in rougher water and induces a lot of side to side motion. Also in following seas or following swells, it's rudder becomes almost useless until the swell has gone past the yak. the PA will turn in the direction of the following swell. It's a pretty weird feeling having to constantly have your hand on the rudder trying to get some correction and pedaling like crazy and apparantly going nowhere until the wave totally passes u by all the while your buddies in revos, outbacks and other regular paddle yaks are unaffected. Now, I know what your thinking, why didn't you buy a Outback? The outback is shorter than either the PA or Revo making the mirage drive sit closer. Im 6'2 with a long inseam and use the #7 hole which is perfect on the other vessels ( i can actually use # 6 on the PA) but when i put it in on 7 on the ouback it bottoms out on every stroke. Trying to use #6 on the outback puts my knees at an angle that irratates my knees (bad knees) Quite annoying, Just seems that the taller big guys are constantly left out in the cold when it comes to merchandise.
Come on Hobie do us proud and make a true offshore Yak for us big guys. You took a giant step in the right direction with tha PA but it either needs some refinement (like that twitchy rudder) and the fact that its not built for offshore conditions (just look its bottom) or make the Outback longer so it's truely built for Tall/bigger people. You made the outback have a bigger payload but shortened the length making it unworkable for taller people. The mirage drive is what sold me after years of searching and researching. Don't make me have to settle for an Ocean Prowler Trident 15...I really don't have room for two yaks and need to settle on one. One that will haul my not so large butt around in both freshwater saltwater, inshore and offshore in comfort...The PA or Outback, are almost there but you guys need to tweak em a little.
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. Oh well I went to a dealer that swore he had a 2010 outback and it had the same issue.