This may seem a dumb question but is the PA14 supposed to come with an owners manual?
While I did get a plastic packet with two booklets in it neither is a manual (one's a parts catalog and the other is an advertising blurb).
When I mentioned this to Action they said they'd mail the manual to me but what I received was yet another packet identical to the above.
I did find a PDF manual online and read through that before taking the yak out for the first time but it just seems strange that such an expensive bit of kit wouldn't come with printed instructions regarding use, care and maintenance.
Is the Pro Angler supposed to come with a manual?
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- Lord of the fish
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Re: Is the Pro Angler supposed to come with a manual?
New outback came with the same as you described.
Plastic pocket with Hobie advertising & website blurbs.
One of the publications inside the plastic pocket tells you to visit hobie website for more info.
The PDF manual is on that website.
Plastic pocket with Hobie advertising & website blurbs.
One of the publications inside the plastic pocket tells you to visit hobie website for more info.
The PDF manual is on that website.
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Re: Is the Pro Angler supposed to come with a manual?
Thanks, figured as much. The PDF I referred to in my post is the manual you mention. Just seems a shame they didn't put as much effort into printing a manual as they did into printing glossy advertising stuff. I'm a bit of an old-timer when it comes to instructions, I prefer them to come in dead tree format with the goods.Jacko wrote:New outback came with the same as you described.
Plastic pocket with Hobie advertising & website blurbs.
One of the publications inside the plastic pocket tells you to visit hobie website for more info.
The PDF manual is on that website.
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Re: Is the Pro Angler supposed to come with a manual?
I got a printed manual with my PA, maybe they've stopped doing it though as mine is a 2015 model.