New Outback Leaning to one side

ok, my outback is leaning to the right side and when i was marking the line to cut for the rectangular hatch i notice that the inside is not even left side is lower then right side that explain the leaning problem, good i did not cut it and now i have to take to the dealer where i bought it for a warranty...

They all come from the same molds, so likely that is distorted from storage or shipping. Hard to say, but have the dealer take a look.

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

Hi Turb0,

Here's a link to my Jackson Seat install on my 2013 Outback:

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=53474

The dealer which is ACK put a claim for it and still waiting, they saw it is a notice leaning problem becouse of that.. i'm traying to put some pics of the hull where the problem is and you will see...

left side

right side

difference between each side

here both side are the same

right side on top

left side on top

I'm not surprised that they are not exact for several reasons.

These are all hand shaped products.
The cockpit areas were all modified for the new seat and could be slightly different due to that.
They can vary simply from cooling and storage.

How does that make it tilt though?

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

this problem is since brand new, the new seat jackson seat i just put it on never tested or drilled any hole or my sit on the new seat nothing is modified, i stored the kayak in the correct manner and don't even have a sigle scratch, of course it tilt if the right side is different of the left side inside the hull, is a defect hull...

Here is the hand draw that i just did showing where is the problem or defect... X on both sides are same, Y is different, is pretty simple and i'm sure you understand now what i talking about...

As I noted... they all come from the same molds so is anyone else having this issue? This model has been on the market (with the same bottom shape) for many years. Still most likely is some compression on the hull. Could easily have been from transit or warehouse storage.

Just for background info... How old is the boat now? Serial number?

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

year is 2014 serial number: USHCCTD266K314, i only used like 5 times total...

I actually had this issue this past weekend fishing palos verdes.. Did not notice it till buddy mentioned it to me.. My kayak was one of the first 2015 sold to the dealer in OC... Now I am not sure as the current and surface was blowing onshore and could be due to that but next time I will actually test with a leveler.. So enjoying the new seat that everything else doesn't seem to concern me.. Will drop it at dealer to look at it when fishing slows down..

My only other minor issue is livewell drainage is flooding the back of kayak causing it to sit below water at times.. Need to figure out a way to add a hose in order to drain into the scupper hole instead of the kayak..

2 weeks and still waiting for hobie to do the warranty on my outback...

Simply placing a level on the rails while the boat sits in the water is not a valid test. The hulls all have some asymmetrical hardware and features that could cause it to lean a little is a static setting. Scooting your butt a half inch to one side or the other will have a dramatic effect on leaning to one side or the other.

This is the most popular model we sell (for many years now) and the issue has rarely been raised on any model... let alone this model.

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

Update: Hobie warranty staff tells me they were contacted by ACK about a hull such as your a few weeks ago. I can only assume it was your boat. After contacting Hobie Warranty, The hull was reviewed by ACK, in the water, and all was found to be normal. They tell me that no claim was placed.

Contact ACK to review.

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

Thanks for this info, i will contact ACK right away becouse they told me that the claim was placed so someone is doing something wrong... thanks again...