Bass/Pine SUP paddle

[andygere]

I've been making a bit of sawdust in the garage, and here are the results (on left), with final lamination, hot coat and varnishing still to do.  Many thanks to contributors to this forum who informed the design, as well as those on Swaylocks.  The Gillespie canoe paddle that I took some design cues from is next to it.  I'll publish final photos and performance impressions (assuming I can poach a board to ride) as soon as it's complete.



Length: 77-1/2"
Blade Width: 8-1/2"
Blade Length: 18"

Basswood shaft and grip, offset 14 degrees.  Spanish Oak stringers and blade tip on clear pine blades, laminated in 6 oz. cloth set in epoxy, with an additional layer of 6 oz. tape running from the blade tip to 12" or so up the paddle shaft.

For the whole story and some more details, go to http://www.grainsurf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=506

[stoneaxe]

Looks great!

How's the weight? I'm thinking of using some pine in some future paddles.

[andygere]

I've yet to weigh it but it's quite light. When I finish it up, I'll get an accurate weight and update this thread. The epoxy and glass will add some weight, but overall I think it will still be very light.  This is the first time I've worked with basswood and it's really nice.  Light, tight grained, no knots and easy to shape and carve.  The clear pine is quite soft, so it was easy to shape.  The main reason I used it was because it was nice looking stuff that I had lying around.  If you are going to laminate with glass and epoxy, any type of wood will work, and soft/light woods are fine and easy to work with.