Gonna make a paddleboard

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This one is really gonna be out of my envelope… but I believe I have the tools. Now for the vision.

Was up to Clark Foam today for a 10-1Y triple stringer, to make a pretty standard longboard for a friend getting back into surfing.

Someone had ordered a fishing board blank, made from two sailboard blanks: the center of one was cut out and patched into the center of the other, yielding a monster blank about 30 inches wide.

BUT… the remaining rails of the “donor” blank were standing there together, stringerless and not even glued together (just held by rubber bands). It looked like the meanest gunniest linear spear… I had to have it, and got it cheap too considering how much foam is there.

Now, I need to see, question, investigate and consult as to shape, volume, bottom contour, rocker, weight, glassing… all of it. I’ve seen the Quigg surf/paddleboards (they reportedly don’t surf for squat, but they’ll catch ripples); I’ve paddled a couple Pang boards; I paddled one other EPS/epoxy board (and broke the fin and box clear out by hitting a rock, cost a pretty penny to have it repaired).

I’ve see the Paul Jensen 12-footer. To me that’s just a large surfboard. I’ll look at woodensurfboards.com, but I suspect wooden examples are another realm, at least because they are so much heavier than racing paddleboards.

More news to come, and a pic. Maybe tomorrow but more likely Monday, since I can’t jar the kids off the home PCs.

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Hey ya Honolulu

Are you going to compete on the board? Or is it a recreational board?

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check out

http://www.eatonsurf.com/EatonPaddleboards.htm

for ideas, rudder systems, chin rests, pads, drink holders, etc etc.

there’s also a page w/ paddleboards for sale, you can see some back-yard ones.

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stoka boka

a true find…is that the 13’1’',its extinct.if its the twelve eight the thickness is less and the center stringer construct option must be addressed … you can bury apparatus down the middle including a potential water bottle stash and raisin pit…ambrose…foam scraps laminated between stringers or hollowed Balsa

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I’ve always wanted to make a paddleboard with a removable surfboard inside of it… for some of those far away breaks…

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I’ve always wanted to make a paddleboard with a removable surfboard inside of it… for some of those far away breaks…

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I’ve thought of the same thing. I was thinkin of a small board that “docks” in the middle of the deck of the big board where you lay/paddle. Once you get to your break, pop off the little board, gosurfing!!

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Why bother?

Just tow it. Attach a leash plug to nose of surfboard, tow it.

They do that to Rabbit Island, seen it done to FlatIsland.

Dragging a surfboard is very little extra drag, and you can use a kayak to save your surfing arm, lats, and shoulders…for surfing!

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why bother? I guess just to see if it could be done…

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why bother? I guess just to see if it could be done…

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Exactly! It would be a very cool combo. I’d like to see a super close fit. You could make a foam/composite skin on the surfboard hull that would end up being the deck of the paddle board. Do it!!!