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Re: Review: SUP Plans
By:Al Zahler
Date: 12/9/2016, 11:48 pm
In Response To: Review: SUP Plans (Mike Bielski)

After building two S&G Pygmys and a strip Redfish King, I built two strip SUPs and am working on a third. I built a strip Malco (designed by Malcolm Schweizer) onto a CNC-cut frame "airplane wing" that I bought through Tucker Surf Supply. Stable and fun. I have also built a Chetco from a frame kit from Clearwood Paddleboards (it is designed more for surfing but fun to paddle for distance, at least with the buoyancy of salt water), and am in the process of building a 14ft race board, the Cascade, also from Clearwood. Clearwood sells plans as well as frame kits, and Randy Bogardus is incredibly knowledgeable and friendly, and he surfs and races his own designs. Don't need to get into the kayak vs. SUP thing, I enjoy participating in both immensely but with living in Santa Cruz, it's fun to try to catch waves on the SUP or just paddle out for an hour and hang out with the whales, seals, dolphins, otters, etc. The perspective from standing on the ocean is just different and can be phenomenal. The challenge in building the strip SUP is to "wrap" hand-beveled 1/4" wide strips around the rails. I could not have accomplished that without having kayak building experience, and many of those skills I learned by lurking on this site for so many years, so thank you to everyone. Other than stripping the rails, and some shaping of the nose and tail blocks with a ROS, the rest of the SUP project moves relatively quickly compared to a strip kayak.

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Review: SUP Plans
Mike Bielski -- 12/8/2016, 9:52 am
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Robert Ten Eyck -- 12/8/2016, 3:38 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/8/2016, 3:46 pm
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scottbaxter -- 12/8/2016, 7:29 pm
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GCole -- 12/8/2016, 7:53 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/9/2016, 9:34 am
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Rich D -- 12/8/2016, 11:09 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/9/2016, 12:26 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/9/2016, 10:14 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/9/2016, 10:52 am
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upchurchmr -- 12/9/2016, 1:52 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/9/2016, 1:57 pm
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upchurchmr -- 12/9/2016, 4:27 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/9/2016, 1:13 pm
Re: Review: SUP Plans..in defense?
Paul Sylvester -- 12/10/2016, 5:44 am
Re: Review: SUP Plans..in defense?
scottbaxter -- 12/10/2016, 12:33 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/9/2016, 3:02 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/9/2016, 4:05 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/9/2016, 4:06 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/9/2016, 6:56 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/9/2016, 4:09 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/9/2016, 4:49 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/9/2016, 4:59 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/9/2016, 6:21 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/9/2016, 6:34 pm
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scottbaxter -- 12/10/2016, 12:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/10/2016, 12:09 am
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scottbaxter -- 12/10/2016, 12:35 pm
Re: SUP Plan - So I have to ask?
Mark N -- 12/10/2016, 5:01 pm
Re: SUP Plan - So I have to ask? *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/10/2016, 6:55 pm
Re: SUP Plan - So I have to ask?
Mike Bielski -- 12/10/2016, 8:42 pm
Re: SUP Plan - So I have to ask?
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/12/2016, 8:34 am
Re: SUP Plan - So I have to ask?
Mark N -- 12/12/2016, 8:51 am
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Rich D -- 12/9/2016, 9:16 am
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Al Zahler -- 12/9/2016, 11:48 pm
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Sean M -- 12/10/2016, 9:33 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/11/2016, 10:13 am
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Sean M -- 12/11/2016, 4:08 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/11/2016, 4:29 pm
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Sean M -- 12/11/2016, 7:34 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/11/2016, 9:59 pm
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Sean M -- 12/12/2016, 6:43 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/11/2016, 6:47 pm
Re: Review: SUP Plans *PIC*
Dave Gentry -- 12/14/2016, 9:52 pm