Millbrook Outrage - August 4, 2025

I’ve finally joined the Millbrook club! I just bought a lightly-used Millbrook Outrage – coincidentally from the same guy who owed my old Encore. This is the second boat that I have in both royalex and composite versions - Wildfire/Yellowstone Solo and now the Outrage.

Millbrook Boats is known for lightweight and durable composite whitewater canoes. The company was founded by John Berry in 1959 and initially focused on whitewater slalom boats. In 1988, John Berry sold the business to John Kazimierczyk. Kaz expanded the market for Millbrook Boats to recreational paddlers with boats like the 20/20, the Shacho and others.

In 1995, Mad River Canoe introduced the Outrage, which was designed by Tom Foster and Jim Henry. Specifications are:

• Length: 12'
• Gunwale Width: 28"
• Depth at Center: 15.5"

Kaz received the mold for the Outrage from Jim Henry in 2015 and has made about 25 boats with it. Based on the hull identification number (EJQOUT02C156) this is the second Millbrook Outrage built in 2016. The first is owned by Rick Howard. The color scheme on my boat is called Magma to represent glowing and cooling lava.

Interestingly, the royalex version from Mad River is an inch shorter and a quarter inch narrower than the Millbrook composite boat - maybe the royalex has shrank a little over the years. Both of mine were outfitted by Kaz and came with 8" pedestals. I raised the Mad River by 1/2" to 8 1/2" - still a little low for me. I raised the Millbrook by 1" to 9", which seems better - we'll see.

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My Pictures - Millbrook Outrage

My Pictures - Mad River Outrage

My Pictures - Royalex vs Composite Outrage