Mad River Flashback (solo ww canoe)

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#1
-- Last Updated: Jun-16-06 12:07 PM EST --

Tell me everything/anything you know about it.
Ever owned one, paddled one? Performance? Stability? Handling?

I know its Royalex, solo, whitewater canoe;
13'1" length, 29 1/2" width, 52 lbs. weight.
Appears to have been designed by John Berry, who started Millbrook Boats. It seems that Millbrook still offers a Flashback model for sale. Appears to have been designed specifically for whitewater slalom courses?

No product review posted.

BOB

#2

Belive it is the John Berry
Designed Flashback. Millbrook shows a glass/kevlar model on their web site http://www.millbrookboats.com. specs seem to be a little different but I think that is the same basic boat.

#3

Yeah!
I’m thinking the Millbrook Flashbacks were/are glass/kevlar layup, and that possibly Mad River was licensed to make a Royalex version of exactly the same boat???



BOB

#4

I belive
That Mad River was making the Flashback and the ME about the same time both were John Berry designs he was making when he owned Millbrook. I paddled a Flashback a couple of times back when John first brought them out. You have to remember this was the start of the playboats, I found it to be a little twitchy compared to the HD 1 I was paddling at the time but that just could have been a lack of skill. At 6’4" and 200lbs I found happiness in the larger ME.

#5

wet?
From what I’ve heard those MR designs, Flashback and also the Fantasy solo ww from the same era - as featured in Kent Ford’s videos, are both nice hulls to paddle, but for running whiterwater they are pretty shallow & wet compared to newer boats.



I haven’t paddled a Flashback.



P.

#6

Agreed
I love my ME. Wish I had found it a long time ago. Mine is rigged as a solo, I have never paddled a more forgiving boat. If you are a big guy (6’4" 240 lbs) like me its a great boat to own.

#7

The Flashback is a Hahn with extended
sides, so it falls quite short of modern slalom and WW designs. I paddled a Hahn back in the late 70s. Nice boat for the time, but nothing more.

#8

Designed…
Designed by John Berry of Millbrook boats.

Mad River purchased the rights to produce the Flashback in a different(Royalex)layup. This according to John Kazimierczyk.



BOB