Pro Angler taking on water

Recently my 5 yr. old Pro Angler has started taking on water and after a 3hr. plus trip today it must have had 20 gallons or more in the hull. My best guess is that it's coming in at the rudder, I've checked the hull an don't see any cracks. Has anyone else had this problem and if so, were you able to fix it?

I had a leak in mine ,No way 20 gallons that is real bad! The way I found mine was to put it on my trailer and filled hull with water and look for leaks from outside .Than you can see what has to be done to try to repair yours.Mine was coming from scupper holes Hobie did send repair procedure but mine was still under Warranty so Hobie handled it.If you need the directions let me know I will get them too you.

Yes, my 2010 PA14 also recently developed a leak. Mine was more of a nuisance than a danger, though. I would pick up about 1 gal after 4 - 6 hr on the water. I found my leak by using a flashlight to transilluminate various stress areas of the hull from outside and observe the light from inside. Picture below shows the bright hairline crack that I found on the aft-most part of the Mirage Drive well where it attaches to the outer hull. This crack did not show up until I did the flashlight trick. My dealer repaired this with 2 layers of fiberglass. Just picked it up last week and have not had it back on the water, but dealer said he filled the hull with water and the crack no longer leaked. Just put the yak away for the winter, so I won't know for sure until next spring.

Thanks for that great tip... it most certainly show up with that technique. Wow good job. And a good photo to send to hobie for the review of the warranty.

Thanks

Thanks for the help, I'll give it a try. Had an issue before with crack on inside of hull, where rudder pulley attaches, that was repaired by dealer but has since reappeared.

I don't believe it is coming through your rudder. Check your scupper tubes which you use for your cart. It is not uncommon for the flexing to cause a longditudanal split which will open up under the water pressure. Your PA is no longer under warranty so you will have to fix it yourself. If the leak is as I have described, it is not a difficult fix. I have done 3 for folks I know. But whenever I repair one leak, I reinforce the other scupper shaft in the same manner. So far I have not had one failure in 4 years. Although my PA has not sprung a leak, I have reinforced both of my scuppers and do not anticipate any leaks caused by flexing of the scuppers when on the cart arms. Get a piece of steel thinwall pipe (conduit works) which will fit the scupper hole snugly and still fit the cart arms. Cut the pipe long enough so neither end stands proud of the hull but just level with the deck and the bottom of the hull. If you can flare the last 1/4" on the upper end (deck end) you will get a really snug fit. Coat the interior of the scupper hole liberally with Marine Goop as well as the exterior of your pipe. Slide the pipe into the scupper (the flared end will not allow it to slide right into the scupper shaft and out the bottom of the hull). The Goop will create a watertight seal along the inner shaft of the scupper. Wipe off the excess Goop which has oozed out. Next, wrap the scupper shaft on the inside of the hull with electricians tape, cover that with a layer of Gorilla tape. I trim a piece of garden hose and slice it lengthwise with my Olfa knife. I put liberal amounts of the Goop inside the garden hose which will now fit around the scupper shaft i covered with Gorilla tape. I clamp the hose around the now reinforced scupper shaft with 3 ss hose clamps, wipe off the oozing goop and it is done. I know some of you may say that this is overkill but, no one has sprung a leak and I neither want it to, nor expect it to happen, with this repair.

Regards....