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S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« on: October 11, 2017, 08:27:59 AM »
I recently got my new custom  SIC Standamaran (S-16). I was eager to test it on a downwind run.
This past weekend opportunity presented it self, some good mix conditions and confused water, perfect!

Riding this board downwind is counter-intuitive, it rides like a surfski than a sup, there is no surfing this board
but it is fast, creepy fast...



our forum friend off-shore organized this run. He is making a guest appearance in the vid.

I'll have some tech specs and detailed pics of the board soon.
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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2017, 08:52:50 AM »
Thanks for sharing Burchas. It was awesome run (see separate post on the Downwind and Racing Section on the H2O run) to get a ride on your new machine!

I concur with Burchas in that this rides like a surfski, and has an unusual soft rolling bumpy feel as you head through the waves, i guess as you pass over the bumps. But really stable, and great fun... I want one!! 
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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2017, 09:00:58 AM »
What is it best for?

It doesn't look like DW is its thing.

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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2017, 09:09:04 AM »
Standamarine......or Submarine?  Looks like it goes underwater pretty easily :)...........
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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2017, 09:35:04 AM »
What is it best for?

It doesn't look like DW is its thing.

Yugi, Take a look at the vid I just posted on the Downwind and Racing Section (subject "Introducing the H2O downwind run...") and you will see how good and surfski like it is downwinding. I got some good shots of Burchas just gliding away on it. I also jumped on board it with my headcam on and you can see how those two piercing pontoons just pierce through the waves in front like a surfski. It's a very different way of riding compared to a SUP, but once you get used to it, it just glides and glides...
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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2017, 10:15:53 AM »
I recently got my new custom  SIC Standamaran (S-16). I was eager to test it on a downwind run.
This past weekend opportunity presented it self, some good mix conditions and confused water, perfect!

Riding this board downwind is counter-intuitive, it rides like a surfski than a sup, there is no surfing this board
but it is fast, creepy fast...



our forum friend off-shore organized this run. He is making a guest appearance in the vid.

I'll have some tech specs and detailed pics of the board soon.

 I wanted one of these a couple of years back but since multihull were outlawed for racing, I didn't pursue it. A shame as twin hulls could be really fast on flatwater.

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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2017, 11:14:27 AM »
I have this vision of myself trying to step back right into the gap between the cross beams.

Guessing it's awesome in upwind chop.


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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2017, 11:57:57 AM »
Thought I read somewhere that multihulls need width between the hulls else the wave off one hull slows the other, or maybe that's more on sailboats?

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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2017, 01:11:24 PM »
A nice video to watch. Never have seen a machine like that before. BTW, great background music for your video.

Thanks for sharing.
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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2017, 05:03:10 PM »
Thank you Night Wing!

dingfix, I think this applies here as well, this boat is fassst but I'd bet it would take-off without
wave interference.

ukgm, you're right, in flat water this machine is a killer! even-though I run it with a paddle 2 inches
shorter than needed ( it's very high on the water) I still get significant time difference than my Blackfish.
The rougher the conditions the more significant is the gap.

yugi, this is an unwind dream machine. The day I got it, there was a consistent 17knots winds
with brutal gusts. Normally I wouldn't go out of the protected water as it is just no fun. having tested this boat
in Maui in 22knots consistent headwind and crazy chop, I took it out without thinking twice about it. Did a 2 mile
upwind and than a quick downwind.

In mild downwind conditions, this boat will blow every board I know out of the water. It gets trickier when conditions
are steep, you really do have to ride it like a surfski or oc1, going around the bigger bumps with lots of angling.

The creator of the boat promote it more toward an M2O conditions but I have seen him scorching it on a very
lively Maliko run.
« Last Edit: October 11, 2017, 05:07:32 PM by burchas »
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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2017, 04:07:37 PM »
I like that new toy burchas!  ;)

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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2017, 09:57:57 PM »
I like that new toy burchas!  ;)
Me too :) Just in time for winter.
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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2017, 12:31:57 AM »
Very nice.. but the word broach comes to mind watching it DW.

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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2017, 02:00:10 PM »
Very nice.. but the word broach comes to mind watching it DW.

You are very right. I had the same feeling when just started to play with the steering when
angling around waves, especially since I sit very high on the water. As you could clearly
see in vid I ended up almost dead sideways on the face of the wave.

This boat has such an amazing secondary stability I never fell once due to broaching.
The only time I managed to get my self in the water was due to inadvertent steering engagement 
on acceleration  where the board reacted so fast my body didn't have time to respond and I went flying.

We'll see what happens in bigger conditions. The board is still a work in progress though, I'm modifying the
tiller to test different trim and I'm replacing the SIC dagger rudders with custom Larry Allison rudders, for
weedless action and better reaction.
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Re: S-16 - The stand-up surfski (video)
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2017, 01:58:52 PM »
Looks like a very cool water craft to me. I saw a standamaran two years ago in a race. Fast and stable. And as you have pointed out seems immune to head and cross winds!
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