1 first flaw no attachment for a kayak seat. Its wide touring boards often have several uses such as being relaxed while fishing. It seems very well designed.
Which of these boards would you recommend for a rider of 109 kilos plus equipment for a 3-day trip, 50km per day. I would go on 2 such trips and a couple of 5-10 km a year on rivers.
How did you pack your board so square? Obviously, you can put the fin box towards the paddle, but that risks damaging an expansive paddle. I haven’t figured out how to fold the opposite side of the fin box square like that.
Does the paddle need to be broken down into 3 pieces when packing and storing? I have been keeping the top and middle section together since it is the same length (when adjusted to shortest setting) as the bottom portion with the blade.
I would query whether the board you tried was inflated properly or even had the orange plastic stiffener inserted? As a 50 plus, heavyweight, virtual beginner, having previously SUP'd only a few times before purchasing a Red Paddle Co 12'6" Voyager, I found it to be the most stable board I had ever paddled on. I have barely fallen from it in three years, whereas I was constantly falling off of the 10 foot or 10' 6" boards I'd previously paddled with. I would still class myself as a beginner as I don't get to paddle much at all. I do know though that these boards are extremely stable, and I have absolutely no affiliation to Red Paddle Co, just stating my observations.
Hi, I'm 5'10" and 150 lbs. Would you recommend the 12' or the 13'2" voyager? I'm a beginner but don't mind the challange of learning. Believe I have good balance, doing yoga, etc. Like to enjoy mostly calm lakes and some slow rivers. I'd also be intrested in mounting a centre chair on the board for some fishing. :) Any suggestion on which voyager would be best? Cheers,
The 12' Voyager would be a board to grow into. The 13'2" will suit you now and also suit yoga and fishing better as it'll have more deck space and be more stable. greenwatersports.com/shop/product-tag/touring?filter_brand=red-paddle-co
Hi, I'm 5'10" and 150 lbs. Would you recommend the 12' or the 13'2" voyager? I'm a beginner but don't mind the challange of learning. Believe I have good balance, doing yoga, etc. Like to enjoy mostly calm lakes and some slow rivers. I'd also be intrested in mounting a centre chair on the board for some fishing. :) Any suggestion on which voyager would be best?
The 12' Voyager would be a board to grow into. The 13'2" will suit you now and also suit yoga and fishing better as it'll have more deck space and be more stable. greenwatersports.com/shop/product-tag/touring?filter_brand=red-paddle-co
Seems like a great board for iSUP surfing but I'm not buying till it gets a hardened rail edge on the tail. That feature is essential for surfing and seems an obvious omission. Also it's already in some competitor boards (Starboard & Gong for example). Full disclosure, I bought the Voyager 13'2" in 2021 and boom, next year they add the 'speed tail'. Seeing as it was already a feature on the Sport rage at the time why was it missing when the new Voyager models were originally released? Granted, I love the board but you feel short changed when an enhancement is made not long after the original release that, in hindsight, should have been on it already.
How do the fin configurations affect either board’s tracking and maneuverability? I understand single central fins have better tracking and maneuverability (Sport) than parallel twin fins (Voyager). Although the 2022 and 2023 Voyagers now have the v-shaped displacement bottoms which should aid in tracking. Any thoughts on which fin configuration offers better tracking and maneuverability (especially in ocean chop and ocean touring)?
Привет когда накачиваю то стрелка после опускания штока падает на ноль, как начинаю давить на шток то давление показывает но после цыкла опускания штока стрелка монометра всеравно падает на ноль. Что может быть?
I counted that the titan II needed 234 strokes to fill, 6 psi after 103 strokes and the starboard tiki needed 280 strokes, 6 psi after 129 strokes. Still starboard tiki is faster, which means this pump pumps much lighter.
I have a 11 ftx34” board nice and stable, but yeah sluggish and doesn’t track all that great. Hard to beat the Costco deal though and since it’s not my only activity hard to digest paying a fair amount more for something different. But…thinking about it lol.
Actual temperature when inflating does not matter. Inflate to the person's weight and water conditions. Where temperature comes in, is when it changes, the board is left in the sun for example. It can get hotter, air expands and put board seams under pressure. Likewise if you inflate the board on a hot day, and then paddle in a cold lake, the PSI will go down.
Appreciate the video, but "Red Paddle Co ... found the best solution" is laughable. I bought a 2022 board and have the pleasure of spending 10 minutes before each paddle session trying to straighten the fins at the beach by hand. There are countless alternatives including the stiffer fins on the older boards and removable fins that all work fine. This is a bad design and it'll be the last Red Paddle board for me.
A while ago i saw a documentation about an "inflatoplane", a plane for soldiers, used to escape dangerous situations, that can be inflated out of a small packckage(but was not developed past prototype and testing phases, because not save enough) They showed lot`s of parallel threads (here called "space-yarns") inside the inflatable wings. I think, the developers of inflatable SUP´s just reused this technic th make the boards stiff and their surface smooth (without the typical creases and dimples of inflatable floating-mats)
As my weight is 70kg, I am looking for a Starboard Touring board which is 4.75" thick. The only one is the Tikhine Wave. I am hoping Starboard will bring out a 4.75" thickness board in a Deluxe Construction
The 2022/23 Tikhine Wave is Deluxe Construction - full details here: greenwatersports.com/shop/starboard-inflatable-12-6-x-28-touring-tikhine-wave-deluxe
I wish Starboard would have included or allowed an upgrade to the Tiki with my 11'2" Zen SC as their entry level pump is not good. It's the hardest one to pump that I've had. BUT I have a tip. Get one of the battery powered air mattress pumps on Amazon (I like the pistol shaped one) and use it to get the first stage done. It saves time and strokes. They cost $20 and also deflate very easiliy. The high volume blower they use is much quieter (not to mention much cheaper) than the annoying second stage of the electric pumps sold for ISUPS. So, first stage, forget the dual action and use the blower. Second stage is manual pump. Deflate with the powered one. Works for us !
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But the downwinder with its rails that can't fold makes it much harder. And you have to fold it so you are barely wider than the rails. Took me quite awhile to figure out - but I have it now. Starboard needs a separate video just for those boards with the hard rails
You know that thre is no such thing as blue carbon right ? .. carbon is made from burning petrochemicals = Black .. to color it you have to coat it or weave with colored fiberglass ...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E-XLqrASMh0.html - I hope that helps
When you pack your bag, pay attention to where the fins are positioned. Line them up with a corner for extra space inside the bag, and be sure to store the bag fin corner up so they aren't squashed.
My board really been packed inside the bad most of the time the board it's in my car boot or even when it's inside my place isn't inside the bad fins are nightmare they are bending pretty much since day one when I purchased the board
It may. The valve is the same, but the depth to seal might be slightly different. You can work around this my using different sized or multiple o-rings to get a good seal.
Battens... Something that doesn´t make sense when in some other videos Red P Co. states that msl is unbendable. Starboard has a Double chamber which is stiffer and there´s not much of a hassle. I hope you fix this.
There are many cases for and against battens or double chamber. A batten requires extra effort to install. A second chamber adds several more feet of seam and rail to a board. Seams that could potentially fail or leak. When producing a double chamber board, you are cutting a hole in the middle of an otherwise airtight board. Only to add a second airtight chamber. You are almost doubling the seam length per board. Red have chosen battens, Starboard offer single and double chamber.
This is useful and what I do, but I often struggle to zip the bag up due to the fins being in the way. I’m pretty sure I roll the board up the same each time, but mine definitely doesn’t go in as easily as yours. It’s a 2021 10’6 ride.
Just be careful, when there are very hot condition don't inflate your board completely (e.g 15psi which is the max recomended-iflate it at 11psi) because is more than possible it will blow up... Unfortunately I had an experience like that at the recent past!
