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From what Jim Ramey told me, there were only a handful of these Bell "Outraged" ever built (4 or 6?). I'd like to hear from someone who paddled one for a while to see how they held up and how they fixed the eventual damage to the hull that always occurs with ...

A real nice looking boat.
At that weight, it will be fast.

I did not know about the 'd' version of the Outrage, the Outraged.

Thanks for the info on the Outraged. I can confirm that it paddles much nicer than my standard Outrage and it's even drier. I had it out for it's maiden run down a very nice II+ III run at high water yesterday and only needed to bail once ...

The Outraged is a much nicer handling boat than the Outrage. It is also much drier. When placed side by side there are significant differences in the two boats as well. The Outraged was tweaked design wise over the Outrage. ...

The photos make it look like the Outraged as a more flat bottom and harder chines than a stock Outrage.

Smurfwarrior wrote:Doesn't Ed Powers have one of those?

Ed sold his to Bruce M. Well, now I know where two of the four are.

There was some discussion of the Outraged several years ago. IIRC, Tom Foster got permission from Mad River, and convinced Bell to do a limited run of these. It seems like it might have been motivated by a trip down the Grand, but that might ...

Doesn't Ed Powers have one of those?

Nice looking boat!! Is it the same specs as the madriver outrage?? As for taking care of it, wax it, keep it out of the sun, paddle it hard!!

Nice boat.

A coat of wax a couple of times a year certainly won't hurt - especially if it will be stored outside. Oiling the gunnels is also a good preventative measure.

Stay off the rocks and it will last you a long time.

I picked up this new Bell Outraged carbon fibre/kevlar OC-1 from Jim Ramey who had it in his shed since 2004. He just outfitted it this fall and only paddled it a time or two. Does anyone have any recommendations for maintaining the hull ...

... paddling strokes. It is much more user friendly than the Inferno. Stability is very good, about the same as the Option and slightly less than the Outraged. It has a definate primary and secondary stability with a smooth transition. 4) The boat is extremely dry. I purposely went through some curlers ...

Actually, Tom Foster tweaked the MR Outrage design and went to Bell after MR was unable to make him a carbonkevlar boat for competition. When I put the boats side by side the differences become apparent. The Outraged is a much more responsive boat.

Outraged is the composite version, not royalex.

At some point in the future I will need to replace my Bell Outraged. With Bell Canoes status in mind I attempted to contact Tom Foster via e-mail on his website. It was returned and no one answers the phone number on the site. Does anyone know if he still ...