I agree that this thread has run its course, but I will add,
That I think in this day and age if a manufacture / distributor / retailer can inform or warn,
Make aware any problems that can go wrong with the product that they are selling,
Show the general public what they are doing to fix it, then surely this can only be a good thing.
I do not think Chevin with his post was telling Niko that the Kayak that he has got will give him problems, lets face it the Scupper's take the most bashing,, we drop them from our cars, we drag them across the beach the ground,,our kids jump up and down on them, we get fatter while drinking lots of beer while trying to catch the one that got away
"So surely prevention while recognising the potential problem is the cure"
You read far to often in life the lack of help or commitment, "thats" when there should be an assination of someones post, not when the post is trying to be constructive.
There are too many people out there who are arm chair critics and are too quick to bring a product down,any product," if only they were that quick to praise".
In this case 99% of the people in this thread for an example, would not know what a Malibu Kayak was if it paddled along side them and bit them on the ass
I have gone back through a lot of posts and the Prowler 15 got a similar type of bashing, but now OK have removed the model from the range, not replaced it, removed it.
I think that takes big kahunnas, thats real recognition of a problem and now they have fixed it, or are attempting to,, Andrew would be better at answering this.
Niko
Great to see that you have eventually got your X-Factor and the first Malibu on the water in the British Isles, Stuart does not count,,, and I am sure it will not be the last Malibu you go paddling with.
"Lets Fish"