This is my third board, the first two were a HWS fish and a 15’ stitch and glue paddleboard.
It is also my first composite board.
Was smitten by the idea of vacuum bagging as it seemed to offer a lot of solutions to problems
I was dealing with in standard wood building techniques…lumber cost, construction speed, shape
and weight.
Big thanks to all the usual suspects here and at compsand.com for the help and encouragement,
especially Paul and Jeff (silly and lillibel).
While I was pouring through the archives, I also got a couple bugs in my head…the benefits of
extra width, quads and stubby shapes.
That all came together as something similar to this:
look, some bad things happened here…
my board is like the fat ugly friend to Dennis Ryder’s sexy lady at the bar…
these shots came out a little odd because it’s leaning sideways and back…
just don’t stare too long
Big thanks to Larry for taking time to have me over and mark these boxes. Using Power Pads
in a proper sander made a tremendous difference on the quality of the finish.
7’5"x17"x24"x17 1/2"x2 1/2+"
Waxed it up and took it out last night…had a ton of fun.
Paddles great…all that width gets it up on a plane very quickly and is super fast and fun down the line.
I owe it all to sways.