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Re: Review: SUP Plans
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 12/11/2016, 10:13 am
In Response To: Re: Review: SUP Plans *PIC* (Sean M)

Thanks for the post. That's one of the designs I am interested in, because of the ease of construction. If I build this it will be a trial for a class of people building them, and I don't want to have a big huge project. I just want it to be something that goes together easily for someone with experience, so that it will be manageable for someone without. Of course- the real issue is whether it performs. If people go through the effort to build a SUP and then it doesn't perform well they probably won't want to do anything like that again, which is not the goal of the project.

So as to performance- How would you rate it compared to a commercial SUP? Especially an entry-level SUP? Contrary to a lot of people's views, I want to build an SUP because they're popular. If people build one and it's not as hard as they thought, and paddle it and it's better than they though, hopefully they'll give building a kayak a try.

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Review: SUP Plans
Mike Bielski -- 12/8/2016, 9:52 am
Re: Review: SUP Plans
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
Re: Review: SUP Plans
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
Re: Review: SUP Plans
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
Re: Review: SUP Plans
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
Re: Review: SUP Plans
Rich D -- 12/9/2016, 9:16 am
Re: Review: SUP Plans
Al Zahler -- 12/9/2016, 11:48 pm
Re: Review: SUP Plans *PIC*
Sean M -- 12/10/2016, 9:33 pm
Re: Review: SUP Plans
Mike Bielski -- 12/11/2016, 10:13 am
Re: Review: SUP Plans *PIC*
Sean M -- 12/11/2016, 4:08 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/11/2016, 4:29 pm
Re: Review: SUP Plans *PIC*
Sean M -- 12/11/2016, 7:34 pm
Re: Review: SUP Plans
Mike Bielski -- 12/11/2016, 9:59 pm
Re: Review: SUP Plans
Sean M -- 12/12/2016, 6:43 pm
Re: Review: SUP Plans
Mike Bielski -- 12/11/2016, 6:47 pm
Re: Review: SUP Plans *PIC*
Dave Gentry -- 12/14/2016, 9:52 pm