Clydesdale's SUP Board?

[PeteCresswell]

Why don;t you go up the parkway to exit 63.  Island Surf and Sail has the PSH boards you can demo up there. 

I don't want to jerk the Island Surf and Sail guy around - since I intend to buy only from my local guy (Extreme Windsurfing).

[Easy Rider]

^^^ I applaud your desire to "buy local"

[PeteCresswell]

I'm going to put a GPS on the four candidates ASAP.

Here is what I came up with: two speeds for each board.  

• Max sustainable cruising speed
• Flat-out sprint

I sat on each board and used my double-bladed surfski paddle so my lack of SUP skills would not interfere.

Obviously subjective/soft data - especially since the 12'-6" was tested under glassy conditions and the other 3 were done with a 5-8 mph cross wind (I suspect running parallel to the wavelets gives a little advantage)

Board             Cruise      Sprint
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20' x 18" Surfski     6.6          7.8
145L Sailboard        4.3          4.5
9'6" Wave Ski         4.0          4.8
Starboard Go          3.7          4.1
SUP 12'6" x 30"       4.5          5.4
SUP 12' x 32"         4.6          5.1
SUP 10' x 34"         4.4          4.6
SUP 11'2" x 30"       4.5          5.1
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Maybe somebody else can try duplicating this effort.

FWIW, my Garmin 301 GPS gets a little goofy when attached to a moving wrist or to the paddle itself - so I attached it to one of my surf shoes.

Certainly "Max Sustainable Crusing Speed" will vary individual-to-individual, but it would be interesting to see how "Sprint" speeds hold up.