PRO vs OUTBACK

[Rambo]

If your looking to put an extra person on the kayak to fish with you, go with the PA14, with that 600 lbs capacity, you and your wife on the kayak wont feel like its weighing down the kayak when its on water the kayak still moves pretty fast. But yes its a tank to hull around if you planning to put it on your roof rack.

So at 61, I'd rather sit on a nice chair rather then having backache with restricted to movement and less ability to stand up and stretch. The PA gives you a piece of mind for stability, spending longer hours fishing on the water, and the room to carry your heart desired with fishing tackle.

Now for the Outback, A few of my buddies each have one and it's real easy to hull that thing around. Enough room for a few tackle with 4 rod holder already molded in. Your butt gets wet all the time, so never a dry ride. Each one of my buddies complain about back ache, and they range in age from 24 to 40yrs old. They all talk about upgrading to a PA.

Any hobie is a great investment, the price dont really depreciate too much so if your strap for cash, they sell quite quick.

[socal.beach.bum]

One Pro I would say the OB has over the PA is due to its lighter weight, you can haul it out to more remote places. Perfect example was this weekend when a few buddies and myself went to a remote beach up in Ventura and the only access was this narrow dirt trail that was 3' wide and a 45 degree incline. It was hell getting our OBs down, could not even imagine trying that with a PA.

[oneyedeer]

papa bears too big baby bears too small pa12 just right

[CKallday71]

Hmm. Was just wondering how spanktacular a PA Tandem would be. Maybe a PA 16 with two of the lawn chairs?

[tsugg]

This site is so great! Can you imagine going to a sales associate and trying to get info that you can count on? It's always the peeps here that we rely on and can count on. NO EVER GONA HAPPEN ON A POWER BOAT SITE!! I love you guys!!😍

[tsugg]

I guess if I buy a OB for the rest of my crew I'll have plenty of opportunity to try it out!

[tsugg]

Well, we looked at several used outbacks on CL and they all seem to hold their resale value real good($1500-1800).So we went to oceanside OEX and talked to Rick. He has a beautiful store demo outback that will be available in aug.at a great price, then he checked Hobies web site for a factory second and he found two ! so he got us a brand new outback with very minor pigment blems in a couple of spots for $1,400.!!!! It is BEAUTIFUL.

We can thank Rick enough for taking to time to check the factory and help us out.
If you are up in the O'side area check his store out. He knows a lot about the sport and especially FISHING.

So fri. afternoon we took both the PA14 and the new outback to the carlsbad lagoon for some kayak time for the wife and I fished a little- no love from the fish. I did get to try out the outback. Two things I noticed right away,1 you need to stay centered on the OB or you get some serious listing and 2, the turbo fins make a huge difference.Well three things 3, the vantage seat is a game changer!

[StinkyMatt]

They already have a PA tandem...its called a Bayliner.