Trimaran SUP

[Bean]

Big smile PS, so you must be doing it right!

[PaddleSpot]

It was just a first test with amas made of PVC pipes, but it was definitely fun. I just received carbon tubes, and am starting working on a seat and foot rests, and maybe a rudder.

It should be possible to turn the trimaran SUP into an OC1 in less than 5 minutes :-)

Now I'm looking for a Va'a iato to make a downwinder version.

[PaddleSpot]

And today, it was a "stand up Va'a"

[deepmud]

Seems like you'd be stuck paddling mostly on the one side?

[PaddleSpot]

First tests of the 2019-flatwater version, based on a marathon kayak 

[TallDude]

I love it. Keep creating. That board / Osup-1 looks really refined. The ama's and boardlook like a production model.

[PaddleSpot]

Glagla race 2019

credit @paddleleague/@kalamurza_ph

[PonoBill]

Nutty as a fruitcake. I love it. Did anything definitive come out of your X-foil experiments? I might have to do some silly stuff this summer. I have a radically butchered Speedboard I can cut up to make silly stuff from.

[PaddleSpot]

Hi PonoBill

Sorry, no foil experiments yet.  This trimaran is designed for the Dordogne Integrale race 2019 special 10th anniversary edition (350 km / 217 miles instead of the usual 130 km) , where I shall need stability (= confort, no energy loss in keeping my balance) with a minimum drag. Think of it as a fuel-efficient long distance SUP.

it is probably also very fast, but would need a better paddler than me.

The idea is to inject some kayak DNA into SUP design ( these guys have been designing hulls for centuries, they probably know one or two things...) and see what happens. Look at this video, at 2:30. I had the luck to buy this black beauty.

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[PaddleSpot]

"Dordogne Intégrale", 350 km race in 3 days, done :-)

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[TallDude]

Well done Olivier ........ That was one long ass paddle. My body would be trashed for weeks after that. But for some stupid reason I would want to do it too

[PaddleSpot]

Actually with the trimaran it was really easy, I was able to follow my regular SUP buddies, needing one paddle stroke when they needed two 

[magentawave]

Actually with the trimaran it was really easy, I was able to follow my regular SUP buddies, needing one paddle stroke when they needed two 

Wow, one paddle stroke to their two is amazing! Have you thought about configuring it with a windsurf rig? You already have the rudder and you could replace the surfboard fin with something larger for clawing upwind.