Must have belonged to this guy
http://www.paddling.net/message/showThread.html?fid=advice&tid=1415709
It isn’t a vinyl transfer. That’s why
it needs varnish to keep it on.
Be honest. Isn’t “Proline” one of the
lamest logos a company could put on a kayak?
It didn’t
but I read that thread. I have to admit I agree with that fellow’s desire. A few small tasteful logos are one thing, but a canoe or kayak shouldn’t look like a Nascar racer. But different strokes for different folks. Probably, if it hurts sales or draws complaints, they’ll drop some of the logos eventually.
And, yes, I agree for what its worth…“Proline” seems pretty dumb. Not quite sure what that’s supposed to mean unless maybe if it applied to a line of drafting tools or similar.
MRC stickers…
I do have a bunch of the original “Mad River Canoe” stickers and precious few of the origianl white bunny. Also have some gold MRC and bunnies, too.
Hmmm. Okay. Must be different than
what’s on my '93 MRC then. Those are definitely not varnished over and are still stuck on just fine.
Bunny Decal
Austin Kayak sells the smoking bunny Mad River decal
http://www.austinkayak.com/products/3811/Mad-River-Canoe-Sticker.html
Thanks for all the info
For some reason, I thought the logos were stencilled or screen-printed on. Stickers would certainly be easier to replace.
Easily modified. “Mud River Canoe”
“Mad Canoer”
Pat, I nearly mentioned that boat …
… in response to the thread mentioned below. On that note, I remember one side of the canoe being completely blank, and the other having the word “Canoe”, so I always figured she stripped the whole name from one side and then got the idea of leaving “Canoe” while working on the other side. And yes, I remember paddling in the Ozarks with you and seeing some of the locals on the river bank chuckling about that.
Repeating myself here…
My wife & I were paddling on a busy weekend.
She was paddling my Mad River Guide.
A couple of “very” senior citizens in an old 18 foot Grumman(handling it with ease), pulled alongside my wife.
The lady engaged my wife in conversation…
The older lady asked, “Are you a river guide”?
No, my wife responded, “No, why do you ask”?
The older lady said, “Because it says Guide on your canoe”.
My wife stated, “Oh that’s the name of the canoe”; meaning it was a Mad River Guide model.
The older lady, thinking my wife had given the canoe a name said to her husband, “Isn’t that sweet honey; she named her canoe Guide”!
Senior citizens;you gotta love em!
BOB
Senior Citizen
I often pass by same guy sitting out
on his dock on my evening paddles. He always shouts the same greeting, “I love that Red River canoe!” Of course that’s not what it says on there, but it IS red, I’ll give him that.
“Thanks! I do, too!” is my standard reply. It’s become some kind of private joke, I think.
With proper fonts…
I’ve seen “We-no-nah-thing” done. (Don’t mean to bash the brand, of course. They make some very nice boats.) But that one brought a chuckle.
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I would think that us being a health conscious paddling community, we would pressure MRC to have a good look at what that bunny is doing on the graphic. I deeply worry about what the graphic is teaching our children. Maybe the bunny should be re-drawn to depict him reading a book?..or helping a multicolored older rabbit across a busy street?
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Try peeling it off my boat and I’ll give you something worth worrying about. ;^)
Right
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"I deeply worry about what the graphic is teaching our children." I agree, a bunny with a peace pipe is shocking. Maybe it can be replaced by a pit bull with an M-16 if we all sign a petition.
I’m glad you’re worried.
Now I don’t have to.
MRC canoes should carry a warning label
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Warning:
If you are concerned about seeing a bunny smoking a pipe, you should probably be kayaking or paddling an Old Town Pack.
He’s from the “Live free or die” state!
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Where they generate revenue by selling deep-discount booze from giant stores on highway rest areas at the borders!