: Good day all,

: As mentioned before, I have designed a fast racing SUP using Kayak
: Foundry to start, and then modified and tweaked by Brad Tucker
: at Wood Surfboard Supply for CNC routing. It took some tweaking,
: but here is the first form which I will use to build the
: prototype.

: I want to be clear and up front that I will be compensated for the
: sale of kits for this and may myself market plans for it, and
: therefore I respect the board rules. I am sharing this because
: many people have discussed here desinging a better SUP with more
: of a kayak hull, and I feel it would be of interest. I will be
: factual in my posts and stick to the topic of building a
: displacement hull SUP. I think being that it was designed with
: Kayak Foundry up front, you will appreciate this build.

: Thanks to Ross Leidy for his kind generosity of making Kayak
: Foundry available. I did donate to the cause and plan to donate
: more later on. I suggest if any of you have used Kayak Foundry
: to design something you give Ross something for his efforts.
: Thanks Ross!!! I'm really excited about this design coming to
: fruition and honestly also a bit nervous because my reputation
: as a designer is on the line here!

: Well, I did a video on Facebook at Schweizer Surfboards page, but
: first had to post it to my private page so I don't know if this
: link will work but here it is:

: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150666549032180

: If not, go to Schweizer Surfboard page and it's a public page and
: the video is there. I will attach a still shot of the forms laid
: out.

: The deck is going to be peaked slightly to give secondary buoyancy
: when you punch a wave in open water. The aft deck is mostly
: flat- technically there is a tiny amount of curvature to allow
: water to drain off the deck but otherwise flat as a flitter. The
: aft deck will meet the foredeck in a curved cutaway with a
: "wall" of strips kind of like a kayak coaming joining
: the gap between the higher foredeck and lower aft deck. So hard
: to say, easier to wait and see when I get that part done.

: Here is the form laid out on my living room floor:

Hi Malcolm

I checked out the youtube video and I liked your explanation of the deck transition plan.

I noticed that the notches for the spar in the rib forms look to be about an inch wide. Are you planning on a wide spar to provide strength to support the length?

Al - Santa Cruz