I was considering selling my 2018 Outback, but I think I wills stick with it.  This video is just one person's experience, but I fish those conditions a lot and that was a lot of water coming in the hatches.. 

Being lower to the waterline, having a horizontal rudder, and taking water over both the sides and front in what looks like typical Oregon coast conditions after the noon winds start to pickup, I would say that this Outback best suited for frog water.   

Getting the hatches sealed or not, he did not look comfortable at all out there. 

Well, yeah DOUBT.  The second video on NCKA (page 2 of http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=85761.15) shows about a gallon of water in the hull after three teeny-tiny swells washed over the bow - and that guy didn't put anything on top of the hatch cover.  Let's not make excuses for them, Hobie dropped the ball on this issue.

I think the hatch seals are a known issue on the 2019.  Hobie is pretty good at fixing problems on new models and will likely take care of Y'all.

That being said, they did absolutely nothing for this guy: 
https://www.hobie.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=63785&p=0&e=0&sid=8b86139bf553e12632f80bd847cd98ee

Dave

Wow that must have been quite the thread.
I went there and got an instaban on my IP address.
I've never posted on the Hobie forums, guess I never will now.