It should work great. have fun!

Give it a try, your catamaran experience should transfer over well. Start with the sail kit and either a DIY furler or the one Hobie sells. Go out on moderate wind days and use the mirage drive to help tacking and if all else fails let the sail luff while you peddle back to shore. Mostly go out have fun the kayak sails a lot like a catamaran.

Hey, that"s great!!! Enjoy your Hobies, the Outbacks are a lot of fun and the hull performs well under all modes of propulsion.Consider a furler kit either Hobies or a DIY Furler.

Rick I have added a couple of links in the description above for a couple of good text books on basic sailing terms, techniques and concepts, studying either one along with a basic sailing course will get you off to a good start

Your tell tail should be flying about 15 degrees above horizontal, sails in too tight for wind angle

@@LiamEarly1 Excellent point, the main point that I had hoped to make was "don"t over trim" and you caught me.

@@saltwaterdawgoutdoors2190is that when the sail is flailing when you are going into the wind?

Hit by a Gust, sheeted out to control the boat, then back to adjusting heading and trim. Probably overreacted but demonstrating " self rescue" wasn't in the script

Excellent question. I haven't had to rite the kayak, but have had to do this on daysailers and sunfish in years past. So if needed I would approach the problem in a similar matter. In most cases the boat would be on it's side with the sail on the water, in this case you would use body weight to flip it back up. ( daysailers have an advantage that you can use the center board or dagger board for leverage). With the kayak I have my paddle on a leash and would wrap the leash over the hull use my feet on the paddle to leverage it up. If this doesn't work or the boat turned "turtle" (upside down with sail and mast under water} it may be harder. Either way it's important to not tire yourself out stay with the boat ( it floats } and await rescue. Hopefully we're wearing our PFD.

Thanks for the quick answer. I found myself upside down with the mask on in the water. I had two things going for me, number one. I was wearing a lifevest and number two, I had a friend in another kayak with me. We were able to rite it, but the sail came off in the water, which was actually a good thing because it was acting as a sea anchor. All in all it was a good exercise and getting back into the kayak and continuing on, All be it without the mast and sail. Thanks again for the reply.

Using a sail offshore you would want to build a DIY furler so you could confidently furl the sail around the mast when fishing. I don't think it would be easy to unstep the mast and stow it when offshore in open water. Checkout this video from nasko films he has used a sail to fish offshore . Ask him the same question? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adN1kqp42crQc58.html