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Found a hobie PA out on the water
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I headed down to my old grounds a couple of weekends ago and found a hobie washed up into some grassy area, the bow was pointing straight up. I tried to move it but it was 2/3 full of water. so i tied up my anchor line and headed to the shore line. i pulled the kayak in and called the saint inigoes coast guard. they immediately dispatched their search and rescue boat to scout the area for a possible man overboard. i told them i needed to head out so i could make it in time to pick up my daughter from school. I loaded both the hobie and my native in my truck and gave them my contact info. about 2 hrs later, i receive a phone call from a person whom claims the kayak was his. i told him my address and waited for him. at first, he seemed sketchy. I asked him to show me a picture of him in the kayak as proof of ownership since there was only one thing to distinguish the kayak. the young guy had no pictures! i thought to myself, there is no way. my next step was to get in contact with hobie and ask them to run the hull numbers. I explained to the guy that i just didnt want to hand over a very expensive kayak without any type of proof. I kid you not, he says "i know, these are about $1,500.00"!. At this point i gave up, how can one expect to believe you after devaluing a hobie like that. I did not know what else to do.
there was only one other way. I asked him what was in the front hatch. if the kayak really belonged to him, he would know since i didnt tell anyone. sure enough, he told me the brand and color of a jacket that was stored in there. so i unlocked the cord and helped him load it onto his truck. he stated he left it on his beach and it drifted away, he does not use it for fishing. he uses it to scout areas for ducks. it was a gift to him from his grandfather, so he had no clue of the price point. the kayak ended up drifting away 5 miles or so from the beach. the coast guard found him searching for the kayak on his canoe, and after describing the kayak, they gave him my info.
BTW, the guy never said thanks.
I headed down to my old grounds a couple of weekends ago and found a hobie washed up into some grassy area, the bow was pointing straight up. I tried to move it but it was 2/3 full of water. so i tied up my anchor line and headed to the shore line. i pulled the kayak in and called the saint inigoes coast guard. they immediately dispatched their search and rescue boat to scout the area for a possible man overboard. i told them i needed to head out so i could make it in time to pick up my daughter from school. I loaded both the hobie and my native in my truck and gave them my contact info. about 2 hrs later, i receive a phone call from a person whom claims the kayak was his. i told him my address and waited for him. at first, he seemed sketchy. I asked him to show me a picture of him in the kayak as proof of ownership since there was only one thing to distinguish the kayak. the young guy had no pictures! i thought to myself, there is no way. my next step was to get in contact with hobie and ask them to run the hull numbers. I explained to the guy that i just didnt want to hand over a very expensive kayak without any type of proof. I kid you not, he says "i know, these are about $1,500.00"!. At this point i gave up, how can one expect to believe you after devaluing a hobie like that. I did not know what else to do.
there was only one other way. I asked him what was in the front hatch. if the kayak really belonged to him, he would know since i didnt tell anyone. sure enough, he told me the brand and color of a jacket that was stored in there. so i unlocked the cord and helped him load it onto his truck. he stated he left it on his beach and it drifted away, he does not use it for fishing. he uses it to scout areas for ducks. it was a gift to him from his grandfather, so he had no clue of the price point. the kayak ended up drifting away 5 miles or so from the beach. the coast guard found him searching for the kayak on his canoe, and after describing the kayak, they gave him my info.
BTW, the guy never said thanks.
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