Paddle Board Building Class!

We are conducting the paddle board building class at St. Louis Sail and Paddle.  This post shows the November / December class.  New classes will be offered regularly, check the "Classes" link above.

The students have designed their decks and we are close to finishing the glue ups.  Next week we will be glassing the decks and installing deck gear (leash cups/tie downs, and access port and a breather vent.)
If we keep up the great progress they can be paddling in December!

SEA STATE SUP Kit board

Today we glassed the bow and stern decks to the hull.
It is our first kit board.
Two additional stringer blocks will be added in the standing area.  There is also some gel coat re-touching to do at the deck joints.  Once these things are done, it will be ready for the SUP building class that begins next Tuesday night at St. Louis Sail and Paddle.
The molds are ready for the next set of parts and we will spray in the gel coat tomorrow.

In preparation for the class, we ordered epoxy, leash cups, breather vents, fins, additional fin boxes and more gel-coat.
The board looks good now but add a little wood and the two tone style will be great!

Glass 10/5 kit board with loose cedar strips.

Bow deck showing flange where wood strip deck attaches,

Sea State SUP

We are building a flat water SUP.   We have had fun using some Hemel's and a few lesser brands.   But, it turns out it is less expensive to build the plug, mold and board than buying a decent SUP, so we are going into production.
Since this board will be built and sold in the midwest, we designed a board for flat-water use.  It has a longer flat mid-section, no overall rocker and just a bit of nose and tail lift.  The dimensions will be 10'10"  with a beam of 31".

St. Louis Sail and Paddle has asked me to teach a couple of boat building classes this winter.
This SUP will be built as a hull with the option of a strip built wood deck.  It can be purchased as a kit (Hull plus wood and glass for the deck) and it will be one of the choices for the boat building class.

There will be a size limit to the class of about 10 projects.  We are also looking at a small sailing dingy (the British Moth).  This boat will be offered as a kit for the St. Louis Sail and Paddle class.
If you are interested in these classes.  Please inquire about them.

(To see our current SUPs, click on the SUP's link in the menu bar.)

Thanks,
David Kreutz
314 308-3753

Swallow tail SUP

Plug molding: SUP's nose