Not only is "I now keep my Outrage-X stored in Flagstaff, Ariz. and only use it for Grand Canyon trips" worth quoting, the amazing thing is that Jim will probably wear that boat out before some of us wear our boats out.
Ahhh, only another couple of decades until I can start considering a nice life of retirement like Jim has.
Jim- next time you are paddling around the Moose / Utica, NY make sure you pay me a visit.
Jim
jsmith@utica.edu
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Jim Michaud
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This is my (retirement) life
Yes, Jim, retirement IS great. 
I've been getting to go on a lot of boating trips, including the Middle Fork of the Salmon, the Selway, the Rogue and at least two Grand Canyon trips a year. By the way, I also keep a canoe in Boise, Idaho.
I would very much like to head up to your neck of the woods next spring and paddle with you on the Fish, Moose, etc.
Jim M
I've been getting to go on a lot of boating trips, including the Middle Fork of the Salmon, the Selway, the Rogue and at least two Grand Canyon trips a year. By the way, I also keep a canoe in Boise, Idaho. I would very much like to head up to your neck of the woods next spring and paddle with you on the Fish, Moose, etc.
Jim M
Moose???
Jim:
You are always welcome here. I just need to be careful about my wife around you. . . every time Jim is around she swoons.
She has this thing about the time they spent togeher in West Virginia. He took her to places that I have never been able to, and she still gets excited over the memory of it. She taunts me with her tales of her time with Jim and how great it was, and how I just do not measure up to Jim Michaud.
Yup, she loved it that time Jim took my wife on a C-2 trip down the lower Gauley . . .
You are always welcome here. I just need to be careful about my wife around you. . . every time Jim is around she swoons.
She has this thing about the time they spent togeher in West Virginia. He took her to places that I have never been able to, and she still gets excited over the memory of it. She taunts me with her tales of her time with Jim and how great it was, and how I just do not measure up to Jim Michaud.
Yup, she loved it that time Jim took my wife on a C-2 trip down the lower Gauley . . .
Jim
it's true what they say about C2s
Yeah he's whatcha call a c-charmer...you know, offer a saddle in a honey of a C2 and they will come 
Luck of gender, I got an invite and joined a string of women who have had the honor.
First time paddling the same boat with Jim M., maybe my fourth time in a C2, and I had just had a great first time run open-boating the Dryway the day before. http://www.americanwhitewater.org/rivers/id/681
Just after Dragon's Tooth is a rodeo wave/hole. Jim says when we hit it you are going to be underwater and I want you to reach up and pull us out of the hole. I'm thinking yeah, this oughta be different...we hit it hard, fast and steep, bam..I got body slammed to the deck behind me while onlookers marveled at the amazing brace that Jim kept us upright with...took the bod a couple weeks to forget it, but that was a slam to remember. Lookin' forward to the next
Luck of gender, I got an invite and joined a string of women who have had the honor.First time paddling the same boat with Jim M., maybe my fourth time in a C2, and I had just had a great first time run open-boating the Dryway the day before. http://www.americanwhitewater.org/rivers/id/681
Just after Dragon's Tooth is a rodeo wave/hole. Jim says when we hit it you are going to be underwater and I want you to reach up and pull us out of the hole. I'm thinking yeah, this oughta be different...we hit it hard, fast and steep, bam..I got body slammed to the deck behind me while onlookers marveled at the amazing brace that Jim kept us upright with...took the bod a couple weeks to forget it, but that was a slam to remember. Lookin' forward to the next
I think I figured out what the "specific" differences are in the Outrages
I quote Tom Foster here
"we finally in 2000 got the wood gunwales prebent before installing so
the wood gunwale Outrages have the original design flare in the
front....therefore they have a bit more rocker and are a dryer boat!!"
and
"The vinyl gunwales are not, and to my knowledge, have never been
manufactured correctly as per original design....all in the deck plate,
which was designed for another model. Pre 2000 Outrages are all lacking
flare in the bow."
I quote Tom Foster here
"we finally in 2000 got the wood gunwales prebent before installing so
the wood gunwale Outrages have the original design flare in the
front....therefore they have a bit more rocker and are a dryer boat!!"
and
"The vinyl gunwales are not, and to my knowledge, have never been
manufactured correctly as per original design....all in the deck plate,
which was designed for another model. Pre 2000 Outrages are all lacking
flare in the bow."