Mad River Fantasy/flashback is it a good starter oc1?

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waterboy
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Mad River Fantasy/flashback is it a good starter oc1?

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is it forgiving/ user friendly?
any thoughts.
thanks
dan
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Flashback info

Post by NZMatt »

Hiya
I love the flashback. It's a great beginner boat, even for lighter paddlers. It's not a modern design, but I've always liked it (even though I don't have one and actually paddle a Zoom). My wife learnt to paddle in a Flashback - that might be part of why I like them :) Now she's in a Phantom. The Flashback is very stable, but still manuverable. It's longer and fairly low in the gunwales so will be wet for a bigger paddler. But I think it's a great boat.
Cheers,
Matt
NZMatt

Hmmm....new country, new rivers...-
Still not enough c-boaters....
waterboy
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thanks for the info!

Post by waterboy »

i would like to give openboating a try. there is one near me i can trade around for. i think i'll go for it.
thanks
dan
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