Can someone review the hobie quest 13 kayak for me. Just need things like ease of paddle, does it track well, is it a wet ride, stable for fishing. Anything will help. It's like looking at a new car. You want to know everything you can before the dealership and test drive. But I'm sure backyard boats here I come.

Too bad you can't make it to Farmville tomorrow - the Hobie booth will have a Quest, an Outback, the Revo 11 & 13, the Pro Angler 12 & 14 and the Tandem Island.......

Yea I know. But the military is a fickle beast. I tried my hardest to get out of work but no one wanted to trade with me. The only thing I hear bad about it is that it a little wet. And it tracks to well and if you are going a little fast it doesn't want to turn.

Do you also know a baseline price for the quest?

The Quest 13 retails for around $999 and includes the paddle.  The tracking trueness is by design.  Once you start it on a line, it holds that track which is a good thing.  I've paddled other hulls that don't track as well and let me tell you it is a pain in the rear to have to constantly correct your drift.  All SOTs (Sit On Tops) are wet because of how low to the water you are.  Some more so that others.  For example, the Ocean Kayak Trident series is probably one of the most popular 13' kayaks out there, but the main complaint people have is that it is a very wet ride in the seat area.  So much so that Ocean Kayak engineered a new scupper valve system to evacuate water from the seat scuppers when you paddle.  My fix for that was a $7 inflatable doughnut ring from CVS/Walmart/Walgreens, etc. that I placed underneath of me.  Served two purposes - one, elevates your rear out of the wet area; and, two, it alleves pressure on your lower back and spine over the course of the day on the water.

 

Like I said before in your other post - seat time seat time seat time!!!