New Board: Powder Blue

We finished a new Sea State 10.5 SUP this weekend.
It is a Powder Blue hull with a poplar and Cedar deck.
This board features our latest improvements including a flush deck edge with a glass wrap and carbon fiber tube internal supports.
It also has all of our standard features including hollow construction, deck access plate for storage, a webbing handle, three leash cups / tie downs, a high quality 9 inch Dorsal fin and an EVA pad.

Here are some photos:

Assembling boards: Sea State 10.5

We are in full production of the 10 and a half foot Sea State hybrid board.
We just started using colors.  All the boards up until now were white gel-coated fiberglass with the wood deck but we got an order that included a yellow board and a maroon board.  They are fun and will look good with the wood deck.
Here are some photos of the assembly...

Yellow Gel-coat sprayed in the mold

The glassed wood strip deck is bonded into place.  After it sets up, we use a router to trim the edge.

The first yellow hull before the deck is added.

The hull showing stringers.

Bonding another deck.

A set of molded parts prior to bonding onto a white board.  The edge gets trimmed and then the part is glassed into place.

Class update: deck fixtures

The fitted decks

The paddle board board building class is getting to the fun parts: deck fixtures and prep for the top glass.

On Tuesday we trimmed the deck panels to fit the hulls.  Next we sanded with a vacuum sander.  It was then time to decide on the placement of the deck fixtures: tie downs and the hull  access port.

Because this board is hollow, there is the space for a deck access port which allows you to store the phone, camera, clif bar etc. inside the hull.  The leash cups/tie downs allow for a waterproof pack to be secured on the deck for a trip.

After the locations were picked out, we used a forstner bit to cut holes for the leash cups and a jig saw to cut a hole for the port.

Drilling a hole for the tie down

Hull interior showing stringers

Deck thickness is 1/4 of an inch.  These strips are walnut and bass wood.

Tie down before epoxy

Hull access port showing lid and knock out.

Beveling the underside of the deck for a good fit.