identify my boat

ncdavid · Post by **ncdavid** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:43 pm

I acquired a whitewater canoe in good condition (thanks to David Nickerson, Jim Michaud, and Bill Reap for the complicated transport). I don't know what it is. It is a Mad River boat. Has Mad River decals and end plates. No serial number. Never had one. Royalex. Blackish/green exterior, olive drab interior. 13'2 length, about 3" of rocker, 31" maximum width, a little tubby in the middle. Paddles well (at least on the Fife Brook section of the Deerfield). Looks like a less-rockered, slightly longer, slightly wider Outrage X in a weird color. Any guesses?

MrTgrips · Post by **MrTgrips** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:30 pm

Photos make posts like this sooooo much better!

Mick
P.S. I just put a tape on my MRC Fantasy.....Length:13'2", Width: 30" to outside of wood trim. And of course, tons of rocker!
Hope that helps.

Sir Adam · Post by **Sir Adam** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:46 pm

Look under "Search boats" and see if any of the images look familiar. You can filter by OC1, etc... CHeck out Race and Rec, just in case it's miss-categorized (wouldn't be the first time...).

Post by **sbroam** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:16 pm

The two Mad River boats I've owned, both older, had the serial number stamped into the royalex close up under the gunwales - easily obscured by mildew and such. Might be even harder to see on a darkly colored hull? Pix would help!

LEW · Post by **LEW** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:36 pm

Could it be a Synergy?
Not the one they sell now, but the original version.

Bill M · Post by **Bill M** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:58 pm

Purely a guess.
Bill

OC1_SURFER · Post by **OC1_SURFER** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:45 pm

Flashback II?

Too short for Synergy or Rampage.

T.P.

ezwater · Post by **ezwater** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:56 pm

Not a MR Synergy at that length. I've paddled a Synergy for about ten years. It's a full 15 feet in length, and might be viewed as an improved ME.

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:14 pm

I'll go with the Flashback until we see pictures. If it has a bottom like a bowling ball, even more proof!

Mikey B · Post by **Mikey B** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:45 am

The Rampage was 13'-3 or 4" with about 4" of rocker. It carried it's volume almost to the ends...looked really tubby. Sounds more like what you might have. I tried to find a picture...maybe snap a digital from an old catalog...
Mike

ncdavid · Post by **ncdavid** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:12 am

Okay, I'll take some pix soon. Re-measured the boat. 13' even, bow and stern plates are the same as Outrage plates except they have a 1" thick plastic extension on the ends (thus my 13'2" measurement), and 29 1/2" maximum width. Definitely not Rampage. I don't know the Flashback, but the bottom isn't like a bowling ball. Pictures soon.

OC1_SURFER · Post by **OC1_SURFER** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:08 am

A friend of mine had a MR Flashback for a few years. He ran the gates with it. I think it was basically a Royalex version of Kaz's canoe by the same name. MR also came out with a Flashback II which I believe had a little more freeboard. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this.

T.P.

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identify my boat

identify my boat

Look under "Search Boats"...

Rampage

I'd guess a Rampage