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The boat is well built, light & strong. However there is something radically wrong with the hull design --- it more than constantly needs adjusting your stroke, double paddling on one side every stroke to keep a straight course, or dragging paddle as a rudder to keep it straight. I've owned 4 kayaks and the Sojourn 146 is the worst at tracking I have ever paddled. A rudder would most likely cure the problem, I'd told the salesperson I did not want a rudder because of the added weight. The Sojourn 146 is 47 lbs. I just got rid of a 54 lb. boat as it was too heavy for me to load. The Sojourn 146 should track straight without a rudder. I would like to know why it does not.

I'm terribly disappointed with the Sojourn 146 and intend on taking it back to the shop I purchase after only one windless smooth lake outing.

I am wondering if the boat was defective in some way from the manufacture. I have tried to contact Hurricane with no luck. There is a black crayon or sharpie mark along the port side of the stern. Possibly (?) it is a quality control mark that was missed at the factory and the boat was let out for a retail vendor without seeing the ID mark.