Select to expand quoteDungbeetle said..
In my opinion I don't think you should be looking to plain on a SUP .It's more about slogging out with a small sail and catching heaps of waves and staying in the fun zone so a wave oriented SUP is the go for me. Any lighter wind = SUP or surfing. Any windier = Wave board with a bigger sail.
See article from Peter Heart "the long and the SUP of it"
I reckon this is a good point, I have a 9'2" Fanatic allwave, 32" wide ( i am 95kg). Have put a sail on it and is great fun in light wind & small waves, great for practising new moves. But when the wind gets up the width makes it a handful , plenty stable enough for learners. A slightly narrower drawn out shape would be more comfortable if you want planing comfort. I think you'll have to get a least 2 boards
Select to expand quotesideskirt said..
I tried AHD Sealion, which is 135L, 238cm long and 74cm wide...it is an amazing board, but I don't have any room for it. I got it planing in about 12 knots with 5.8 when I tried it (people had a hard time with 100Lish boards and 7.0ish sails).
Where can you buy the Sealion in Australia? Anybody want to sell me one cheap secondhand?
Picked up a second hand 9'2 Fanatic Allwave (160L) just prior to Christmas and have used it twice now in waves at Whiterock/Brown Water and Makaha. It's good fun on a marginal day and I find it much easier to sail rather than paddle onto a wave. If you want a board for windsupping I recommend going a little bit longer and more floaty than you might otherwise opt for.
Wish I had had the sup for sailing at Wanda at 5pm yesterday as can't say I enjoyed slogging on my 90L board to catch a few waves in a very patchy 15 knots. Would have been much easier and more enjoyable to paddle out a surfboard with a bit of volume or on sup with a sail.
G'day gonebush. You have me thinking about getting one, would you recommend something about 180L or bigger? Something to take the kids around the harbour or lake would be good too
Select to expand quoteDibbsy23 said..
G'day gonebush. You have me thinking about getting one, would you recommend something about 180L or bigger? Something to take the kids around the harbour or lake would be good too
Depends how much you and your kids weigh. I've got a three year old and reckon I could paddle her around on a lake and I weigh about 83 kg. assuming you're about the same, somewhere between 160 and 180L is probably the go. 160L feels like a bit of a boat once you're on a wave but I'd be on a surfboard if it was bigger than 3 ft or punchy anyway.
A competent sup rider my weight could probably get away with 110L or less but that kind of defeats the benefits of a sup in small waves to my mind.
