Artsy 14' Downwind Paddleboard Thread

[everysurfer]

My summer project is a downwind paddleboard. I'm playing with the tie-dye hippy artwork.

Is this too busy a pattern. I kind of like the fish scale concept right now.

Thoughts?

 

[20W-50 and blood]

I think it looks bitchin.

Prone? Sweeper? Got your hands on a board to template/pattern her after or?

 

[everysurfer]

I think it looks bitchin.

Prone? Sweeper? Got your hands on a board to template/pattern her after or?

Prone, looked at a friend's, images on line, and evenings playing with the outline and rocker on AutoCAD

 

[mundus]

Wanna build me one and pay to ship back east while you are at it? JK, keep us posted on the build, sounds interesting.

 

[20W-50 and blood]

definitely keep me posted. never been on an actual downwind board, but i've got a frickin hard core/soft outer shell jr. lifeguard rescue board (8'6?) and the thing MIGHT be a hair over 18 inches wide. the concave bottom REALLY makes a difference between how wobbly i'd expect it (on waves) vs. how controllable it actually is.

how long you going? who made your friend's?

 

[everysurfer]

14 feet. He made 1 and I'm not sure who made the other. You have a concave? The ones I've seen are all hull bottoms.

 

[manbearpig]

Prone, looked at a friend's, images on line, and evenings playing with the outline and rocker on AutoCAD

You doing autocad 3D or sticking with the 2d? I can’t stand 3D on that program but I had a bad teacher and not enough time to mess around on my own yet.

 

[manbearpig]

I like the scales. Some of the Japanese inspired stuff is rad.

 

[everysurfer]

There is so much art to be inspired by. I want to see lillibel do something after his wood skin period. Imagine if Bali idiot made boards!

 

[everysurfer]

You doing autocad 3D or sticking with the 2d? I can’t stand 3D on that program but I had a bad teacher and not enough time to mess around on my own yet.

2d for rocker and templates.
My version of autocad isn't 3d free form friendly.

 

[everysurfer]

Ok! I'm making the silk screen!

Speedball emulsion, aluminum screen, 150 mesh, art printed onto transparency film. Under glass, so it lays flat. 50 minutes, bulb about 15 inches above artwork.

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

You sure you want to be paddling around out in the ocean on a lure?

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

14 feet. He made 1 and I'm not sure who made the other. You have a concave? The ones I've seen are all hull bottoms.

Some of the guys who paddle the Molokai race use double concave boards.

 

[20W-50 and blood]

as i've been todl that dowwind ideal is double concave. the single i've got on that joke of a jr lifeguard sprint thing makes a difference. there are plenty of guys who padel hull and flat bottoms in everything

 

[ULUSURFER]

Double concave or single to vee makes a massive difference in downwind stability.

 

[everysurfer]

Thanks for the input.

Is the concave the full length, or just the back half. How much are we talking about? 1/8" or more?

 

[20W-50 and blood]

maybe take some beers and burritos over to the bark crew and try talking to joe?

 

[frontsidegrab]

maybe take some beers and burritos over to the bark crew and try talking to joe?

This.

 

[ULUSURFER]

Thanks for the input.

Is the concave the full length, or just the back half. How much are we talking about? 1/8" or more?

deep-ish and up front. The back is going to have to be round into VEE out the back of the pin tail. Nose needs to be round going into concave going round into vee. The rails have to be round and soft going down into the bottom. Round rails hold sharp rails release. Downwind you want hold and stick so when you roll rail to rail you don’t fall off the side.

 

[everysurfer]

Here's the screen