I was wondering if anyone has any advice on making a 9' Naish sup sailable for light wind wave sailing days. I see a lot of talk of 115l boards for light days and know that this sup surfs well, so thought it may be a good adaptation.I think its 125l and I am around 92kgs..

-How would I go about it as I am don't think I would do it myself ? Every time I try a repair with epoxy it just ends up tacky for ever.

-Does the base area need to be reinforced and how much?

-Is it a big job?

-Where could I find a base screw plug for inserting into board? I imagine a standard mast track nut would be too small?

-Where would the screw hole need to be placed exactly ? I have an 11'4 and it seems to be near the handle. -Is there any science to this?

-How do you think it would go with a sail on it. I don't expect to ever plane on it as there is heaps of rocker but should be uphaulable when not enough to waterstart. Gold Coast wind is a tease.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Thanks Mark
I am thinking it may be better to buy a something with it built in from factory.
I didn't realise the amount of reinforcing apparently necessary and I haven't worked with epoxy enough to try it.
Just need a floaty wave board for our Gold Coast wind to chug out.

Mark _australia said...


You need epoxy if the board is polystyrene core, polyester will melt it.

Yep, found that out the hard way. Now boards's in Hoop's shop getting fixed by a non-idiot

I Got Pikey(south coast nsw) to put a mast track in my 9'6" Hokua but only use it for the kids to learn on. Not game to use it for myself as they snap pretty easy.It only cost around $50 so better getting expert to do it.
I have a nude 120lt for me, it was no good for the kids to learn on due to the deck grip being to hard on their legs.Good for me though!

I'm not sure there is many people I would trust of get it right on the Goldy. Pikey sails and has some understanding of the force that might be applied by attaching a sail, most of the guys on the coast are familiar with surfing and SUP but not windsurfing, I'd guess they would make it a bit too light.

rustle said...

Every time I try a repair with epoxy it just ends up tacky for ever.

Sounds like your epoxy is past it's bbf date. Is the hardener a p*ss yellow colour or has it gone dark yellow/brown?

can't speak for all epoxy. all the stuff i've bought ( surf supplier at west burleigh and south tweed) over the years had watery clear hardener when new, that eventually turned dark yellow after a couple of years (contact with air?). I still have some from 2003 which has now turned dark yellow and it still sets the epoxy rock hard.

the stuff i've bought was 4 parts epoxy, 1 part hardener. Could you possibly be mixing your parts the same as for polyester resin? (sometimes as high as 20part resin, 1 part hardener?)

UV stable hardener might behave differently to the stuff i've bought

cheers