mmiller wrote:
Doesn't seem to make sense that this is a big deal... you can still upgrade now and for some time to come.
I guess it only makes sense to those used to sailing their Adventure using just the daggerboard, (Miragedrive pulled).
If you removed the DB from an AI/TI do you think it would be a big deal?
Of course it would because you are crippling the ability to sail properly.
What set the Adventure apart from the other kayaks in the Hobie fleet was that it was a true sailing boat as well as a kayak due to it's DB slot. In fact the DB had a dual role of stopping sideways slippage and adding stability, so losing it is a double blow.
Of course there will still be Adventures around but they will be lacking the great Hobie upgrades that have started now with the seat/venturi scuppers etc and whatever else is improved in the future.
And of course I could always use my drivewell plug DB holder that I made for my old Tandem on the Rev 16.
I guess I'm making a big deal of it because a truly unique and versatile craft is no more.
A kayak that has changed my lifestyle (I have been commuting in one for the last 6 years, more often than not sailing the whole way) is finished.
The Adventure is dead!
Long live the Revolution 16!
It has become just another run of the mill Hobie kayak, though still among the most versatile kayaks out there...just a little less so!
And that will be my last post on this issue ....possibly!