hdpwipmonkey:
While practing my self rescues in Hagg Lake at the paddle craft launch area I rolled my kayak back over and there was no seat left in it. I wasnt that far off of the shore (or so I thought) but after lots of diving and dredging the bottom we couldnt find it. I also lost my hat and of all the things to find on the bottom, I found that but no seat.
For the rest of you with the new Hobie seats please learn from this and take the time to make a better leash or some other keeper for your seat. It's not a question of "if", its a matter of "when". I was planning on making a strap for mine when I heard about another member's seat being lost but I rolled my kayak lots of time before and never lost it so I figured there was no hurry to get it made. Dont make the same mistake...
On a side note, if any one wants to practice their scuba diving, I know of a good place in Hagg Lake with some sunken treasure...
yaksurf:
You might try to hire somebody to dive for it. CBY lost a drive on the McKenzie and put a add on craigslist looking for somebody to dive for it. He paid the guy a 100 bucks when he found his drive. I need to dig something up for my seat when I get back home.
Dana
Noah:
I'll lend you a mask, snorkel, and fins if you want to give it a shot. Live in SW Portland
hdpwipmonkey:
Latest Update...
I found a used Vantage CT seat on Ebay. I got it for a steal at only $255 + shipping :o
I saw this one on Ebay and figured I better pick it up just in case I can't find mine. I called some Hobie dealers and they said that it would be a 2 to 3 month wait to get a new seat from Hobie. I guess they have enough seats to put out some boats but not enough stock to sell just the seats by themselves and with the AOTD tournament fast approaching I wanted to make sure I was able to peddle, and not paddle in the Ocean.
I haven't been back out to the lake to try and recover mine yet but I am planning on trying this Weds or Thursday (hopefully I can convince a friend of mine with a nice Lowrance 5 HDI FishFinder to come along and see if it can see the seat on the bottom). Fingers crossed...
pmmpete:
You ought to post a description of this incident on the Hobie Kayak Fishing Facebook page, and the kayak section of the Hobie Cat Forum, to alert other Hobie owners to this problem.
Why did your seat come off your kayak? Do you think that there is a defect in the design of the seat, was the loss due to operator error, or was the loss due to some combination of these causes?