Looking to outfit Fantasy as a Tandem for me 180 and my son (11yr old). Is this boat too small at 13' to do a tandem? How does it handle in general if we were to do class II or class III rapids (stability)....How old school of a style of hull is this?
-thanks in advance!
Mad River Fantasy as Tandem?
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Re: Mad River Fantasy as Tandem?
I think that particular hull is small to use as a tandem, but right now, the two of you can probably have lots of wet fun. And he can man the pump.
"Old School" and "planing/displacement" are non-issues with ww open canoes. Those are silly kayaker issues. Some of the earliest ww hulls like the Sunburst may be a bit round and indefinite, but what I've seen of the Fantasy suggests that it has acceptably sharp handling.
I solo a Mad River Synergy, a very asymmetrical 15' canoe designed as a tandem. I think it must have been designed for smallish tandem teams, because when my wife joins me for a 360 pound total load, the ride is rather "wet". For tandem, we would have been better off with a Caption, but for solo the Synergy is better.
"Old School" and "planing/displacement" are non-issues with ww open canoes. Those are silly kayaker issues. Some of the earliest ww hulls like the Sunburst may be a bit round and indefinite, but what I've seen of the Fantasy suggests that it has acceptably sharp handling.
I solo a Mad River Synergy, a very asymmetrical 15' canoe designed as a tandem. I think it must have been designed for smallish tandem teams, because when my wife joins me for a 360 pound total load, the ride is rather "wet". For tandem, we would have been better off with a Caption, but for solo the Synergy is better.
Re: Mad River Fantasy as Tandem?
I think it is too small for a tandem as well. The Fantasy had something of a reputation of being a wet boat for a larger solo paddler back when. Of course, that was when everyone was paddling boats 4 meters and longer solo.
The Fantasy was one of Mad River's earlier solo whitewater boats. They produced John Berry's Flashback for about 5 years and a deeper version of it (the Flashback II) for a single year. They dropped the Flashback line when the Fantasy came out in 1991. In the later 1980s MRC also produced Berry's ME.
The Fantasy was one of Mad River's earlier solo whitewater boats. They produced John Berry's Flashback for about 5 years and a deeper version of it (the Flashback II) for a single year. They dropped the Flashback line when the Fantasy came out in 1991. In the later 1980s MRC also produced Berry's ME.