gregg dudley
Senior Member
Explain this to me!? What is the paddle board rage all about? What am I missing? What do they offer over a kayak for fishing that they don't lose in some other fashion?
You can build your own,but it looks like a lot of work from what I've seen.
And by the way your user name just cost me about an hour on the internet, but I learned a great deal about Oconostota!
Yep. A ton of work, and a bunch of money. But then again, you can tweak some commercial plans a little, and get exactly what you want.
My boat is capable of running serious whitewater. It's halfway decent on flatwater. I think it will be pretty good surfing ocean waves. It's got a nice hatch, drain plug, and hollowed out footwells. About the best compromise SUP I have ever seen. But, by definition, as with motorcycles, bicycles, or anything like that, a compromise is a compromise. It does everything decently, but nothing extremely well.
My next one will be one I build (and maybe design) myself. Wood / 'glass laminate. Long. Very light. Very fast. Lots of lashing points. But it will be worthless on whitewater. Good in ocean surfing, though. That will become my non-whitewater boat. My current one will then only be used in whitewater.
But with the one I build, I will laugh my tail off at anyone who wants to race me, in pretty much any paddled boat. SUPs can be extremely fast. It's all in the hull design. Long waterline length, very low weight, sharp chines, etc. All of those qualities stink in whitewater, though.
And with my current boat, if I am kneeling, and using a kayak paddle, that thing really, really boogies. It's short and heavy. I can only imagine how fast it would be with a proper flatwater design.