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YakMedic · 01-02-2013, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by djphaneuf

Looks like an old Classic. I would save your money for something bigger.

Yep, it's a Hobie mirage classic. It's the original mirage drive boat I believe. I've seen a couple still out on the water but have no first hand knowledge of them. The price seems high for such an old kayak. Here is a little info I found on the Hobie forum

http://www.hobiecat.com/forums/viewt...p?f=11&t=23167

TJones · 01-02-2013, 05:24 PM

my bad. hatch looked all wrong. v1 mirage drive . stay away from this one.

silentviper · 01-03-2013, 09:49 AM

it is a hobie mirage classic, i have one of these i picked up about 4 years ago for $600, and i've seen them since then for even lower than that, this guy is WAY overpriced.

these kayaks have a tendency to just randomly flip with no warning, the one we have has flipped at least 3 or 4 times on perfectly flat water sitting still (only once with me in it). there aren't any real good places to mount anything and the rudder on ours has issues going up/down. we've had to replace the handle once or twice becuase it took so much force to move.

stay away. unless you can get him to halve the price, then it would be a good backup/loaner.

jorluivil · 01-03-2013, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by silentviper

it is a hobie mirage classic, i have one of these i picked up about 4 years ago for $600, and i've seen them since then for even lower than that, this guy is WAY overpriced.

these kayaks have a tendency to just randomly flip with no warning, the one we have has flipped at least 3 or 4 times on perfectly flat water sitting still (only once with me in it). there aren't any real good places to mount anything and the rudder on ours has issues going up/down. we've had to replace the handle once or twice becuase it took so much force to move.

stay away. unless you can get him to halve the price, then it would be a good backup/loaner.

HAHAHAHAHA....yeah!!! watch someone else flip instead

bus kid · 01-03-2013, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by jorluivil

HAHAHAHAHA....yeah!!! watch someone else flip instead

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01-02-2013, 05:24 PM	#2
TJones Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,526	before my time my bad. hatch looked all wrong. v1 mirage drive . stay away from this one.

01-03-2013, 09:49 AM	#3
silentviper Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 41	it is a hobie mirage classic, i have one of these i picked up about 4 years ago for $600, and i've seen them since then for even lower than that, this guy is WAY overpriced. these kayaks have a tendency to just randomly flip with no warning, the one we have has flipped at least 3 or 4 times on perfectly flat water sitting still (only once with me in it). there aren't any real good places to mount anything and the rudder on ours has issues going up/down. we've had to replace the handle once or twice becuase it took so much force to move. stay away. unless you can get him to halve the price, then it would be a good backup/loaner.