I'm very happy with the weight of LOW PRESSURE at 14.350kg as we oded on the Double Bias Carbon putting an extra layer on the rails, nose and tail she's as strong as No flex in this board, Gary did a very good Glassing and Sanding Job. "Good Job Gary" From the Rudder Fin to the end of the tail the rails are Razor Sharp STOKED you'd be able to lather up and shave your face. LOW PRESSURE will be getting sprayed on Monday. The final weigh in should be under 15.5kg STOKED for a board thats 18'2''
LOW PRESSURE got sprayed today, you'll see this board coming from 4 kilometres away in the ocean, the bottom is sprayed pail yellow.
All the attachments will be installed this week.
Looks great! As I said before what an excellent project and good on you for putting your faith in the guys from Deep to put it all together. 
The board in the top right of the first pic has a sick spray job. Must be going to a very lucky paddler. 
Just waiting for the LOW PRESSURE logo for the Deck
A very Light Off Yellow Spray for the Bottom - Plus you can kind of see the Double Concave from Nose to Tail.
Going to use an 8 inch rudder fin.
The normal Downwind board rudder fin is 9 inch.
After hanging on Maui this year the talk at the time was having an 8 inch rudder fin on your Unlimited Downwind board, to reduce drag.
So the experiment was to have less drag everyone was taking a hacksaw to there rudder fin some people were cutting there fin down to like 7 inches, the problem with a 7 inch rudder fin is when your surfing the ocean swell in-between the troughs the 7 inch rudder fin would pop-out making you loose control of your Unlimited board. So the 8 inch rudder fin was born, it's just like eating porridge, it's just right.
I spoke with Jeremy Riggs for hours over a few beers about the 8 inch rudder fin, Jeremy gives the 8 inch rudder fin the THUMBS UP for Unlimited boards.
LOW PRESSURE 18'2'' unlimited is finally finished weighing in at 15.7 kilo's or 34.54 pounds. Lite and strong STOKED.
Using very high quality stainless-steel, even the cable wires are like 2mm thick.
There's even a place in the rudder system to put your car-keys when paddling.
big board phil. and those 'notches' look wild.
have you seen this before 
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pretty good weight I reckon for the size.
looking forward to a ride report.
ive got one of those awesome open ocean 14's nearly done- the reason I saw yours mate
Today would have been EPIC for a test Downwind run on the Goldie today between 1:00Pm and 4:00PM conditions were excellent with 20+ knots of ESE winds with one foot of ESE swell. But I was working spew bulk! it was the best Downwind conditions I've seen on the Goldie for a while, plus I haven't done a Downwind paddle since Maliko. I spoke with Mike Manning when he came into the beach at 4th ave Burleigh around 11:00AM he said it was awesome out there "lucky bugger"
I'll do a Bond Uni canal paddle at 5:00AM in the morning just to feel how she paddles then fingers crossed IF THE WIND PICKS UP it should from the ESE around 15 knots ? I'll do a Bilinga to Nth Burleigh Downwind paddle 11km to feel how she glides.
Awesome DW. Whats the theory on the nose.
World first creation this whole shape. Love it
Select to expand quoteAndyR said..
Awesome DW. Whats the theory on the nose.
World first creation this whole shape. Love it
G'day AndyR
I should have went another 2 inches deeper with the theory on the nose as it gives the board it's own identity.
I paddled her in the canal this morning it's the fastest Unlimited board I've ever paddled in the flat to date, LOW PRESSURE has hardly any wake, GOLD.
So I'm happy with LOW PRESSURE in the flat, two more challengers for LOW PRESSURE to face, the next challenge is how fast can I get LOW PRESSURE up to speed when doing the 10 x 1000's sprints. The last challenge is how good and how long is the Glide on LOW PRESSURE in lite Ocean Swell winds.
If I get all 3 LOW PRESSURE will be a magic board.
This is the Canal where I paddle Bond Uni it's such a great spot, it's not busy I never see Stand Up's here the place is peaceful, tranquility and quiet, it's such a great spot for doing sprints like the 10x1000's. The Canal has very little current e.g. water movement so your times are consistent protected from all winds except NE winds, NE winds are to brutal I hate paddling into a head wind.
When I'm training for races like Molokai and the oceans not co-operating I find it tolerable to paddle 35km in the flat even though I find flat water paddling as exciting as watching paint dry it's as boring as.
I paddled LOW PRESSURE in the canal this morning for the first time it's the fastest Unlimited board I have ever paddled in the flat to this day.
LOW PRESSURE has hardly any wake, GOLD.
I'm almost 54 years old man and I'm very happy with my time trials I know all the young guys and women would smash me they all do two strokes to my one. I did a 10 km flat water paddle very close to the hour mark thismorning, thats OK for a bloke my age.
This was my SPEED
Average Speed 9.3 kph
Maximum Speed 11.2 kph
This was my HEART RATE
I have an extra large heart my resting heart rate is between 35-40 bpm
Average Heart Rate 44% = 81 bpm
Maximum Heart Rate 63% = 119 bpm
LOW PRESSURE'S Final Weigh In, she came in at 15.75 kilo's and has a very strong glass job using the Double Bias Carbon, STOKED.
Phil I'd be getting some self-amalgamating tape on those exposed swage ends on the steering arm. The wire will cut your feet and arms up nicely at some stage. You can get the tape from a marine shop.
Looking forward to seeing the old girl down in sunny Vicco!
"STOKED" I took LOW PRESSURE for her first Maiden Ocean Downwind Paddle today conditions where OK I'd rate the conditions 5/10 as the wind was really South. Conditions needed a little more East in the wind because that meant not many or any white caps.
This is what Buoyweather says Monday 12/28 Morning Very windy with large choppy seas. Small craft advisory. Moderate short period wind waves. Seas: SE 1.8 to 2.4 meters at 6 seconds. Winds: SSE 20 to 27 knots.
Afternoon Very windy with large choppy seas. Small craft advisory. Moderate short period wind waves. Seas: SE 2 to 2.5 meters at 6 seconds. Winds: SSE 22 to 29 knots.
LOW PRESSURE went very good on her First Maiden Downwinder from Bilinga SLSC to North Burleigh SLSC is 11 kilometres it took me 53 minutes which is slow but OK = 4:50 a kilometre with a top speed of 17km/h But I'll be more happier when I get LOW PRESSURE under the 48 minute mark for that run thats around 4:15 a k.
The Glide on LOW PRESSURE felt really good I even got right on the Tail and surfed a few times that made me feel LOW PRESSURE'S very sharp rails do her thing while I was surfing the swells
The last 2 feet of LOW PRESSURE I got the sander to get the rails really, really shape like you would on a Surfboard, Sharp rails help you (drive) - surf your board. You could lather up and shave your face with the rail on LOW PRESSURE it's that sharp. "Yes Please Mr Wizard"
I just need to adjust the Rudder she was pulling a little bit to the right on some swells.
Well done to you and the crew down winder ...looks great ..can't miss ya with those colors ..flying past everyone no doubt .
Select to expand quoteTardy said..
Well done to you and the crew down winder ...looks great ..can't miss ya with those colors ..flying past everyone no doubt .
G'day Tardy I like being Bright when Downwind Paddling Orange, Yellow and White stands out like dogs balls you'll see me from 3 kilometres away.
Look at the Clubbies they all wear a Pink wet-shirt when Downwinding it's compulsory if you're a Clubbie, Pink can be seen.
With all these rules and regulations at any Downwind racing event they make you wear a leg-rope, carry a flare, wear a PFD, they should make all paddlers wear one bright coloured wet-shirt like the Clubbies.
My second Downwind run at 3:30PM was even better than the Maiden Downwind run at 1:00PM
I didn't have to adjust the Rudder after all for the second run as I got used to LOW PRESSURE after the first run. I even shaved of a minute averaging 4:45 min a k with a top speed of 19km/h STOKED.
I'd rate the second run conditions 6.5/10
LOW PRESSURE has Magic Glide "Yes Please Mr Wizard"
Where my hands are placed on LOW PRESSURE is were the rails are super sharp the rest of the rails to the nose is a nice soft tucked under edge
I got the deck sunken about one and a half inch so I can bury my feet into the rails to surf LOW PRESSURE if I'm not using the Rudder or in Surf Stance.
Select to expand quotelaceys lane said..
big board phil. and those 'notches' look wild.
have you seen this before .
pretty good weight I reckon for the size.
looking forward to a ride report.
ive got one of those awesome open ocean 14's nearly done- the reason I saw yours mate
The "notches" are used to disperse the water when you've buried the nose in a troth (I should have went another 2''inches deep per notch and at a bit more of an angle)
After seeing it in the flesh this board is epic.
Very different to whats out there atm. It is a beast.
And after paddling next to you from the calm into the bumps and watching you gap me so easily and glide for so long straight away it was pleasing to see that the board works well in short period swell stuff Iron Phil.
Looked like ease getting onto a bump and maintaining speed on it or over it into the next bump.
Really has me thinking after watching and talking to all the lads with unlimiteds and how well they all have said they go in bay conditions that an unlimited has to be the next weapon of choice for me.
I took LOW PRESSURE up to Morton Bay for a test run, condition where looking very good with a strong 25 knots of South Winds. Went from Raby Bay to the Port of Brisbane 17.4 kilometres.
I was told you could get one minute runners with ocean swells in the waist high range.
One excellent thing I found out about the Nose of LOW PRESSURE is, she’s like Bloodhound Dog she just sniffs out Runners LOW PRESSURE just took of on any Bump the glide was unbelievable.
On some Runners I was going so fast I had to stall LOW PRESSURE (put all my weight on the tail to slow her down) so I could stay on the bump to surf for fun.
The first 13 kilometres of the Bay run was EPIC with some fun little Bumps and the rumours are true there was some Big Bumps out there where you could glide for like ONE MINUTE "Yes Please Mr Wizard" I buried the nose a few time while even standing on the tail, but lost NO speed. I had one major fall and also jumped off around half way to see if I had any WEED wrapped around the fin.
I was having flash backs out there Déjà vu seeing so many SUP's on a Downwind Run am I on Maui paddling Maliko. Andy Rowland quoted 40 SUP’s, Awesome.
BIG THANKS to the SUP's that went ahead of me you guys made a good SUP trail for me to follow all the way to the finish.
LOW PRESSURE was averaging around 4:45 down to 4:25 min per k with a top speed of 20km/h But the last 4.4 k's was vey, very slow though around 5:30 to 6:00min per k must have been the tide? The Bay run took me 86 minutes for 17.4 k. Andy Rowland gave this Morton Bay Run a 7/10 for today I'd love to see a 9+ Morton Bay Run, I was told it was a 9 the week before, be like taking candy from a baby even a novice would learn quickly Downwind Paddling this Morton Run.
Thanks Andy, Nick & Brisbane SUP for inviting me up for a Morton Bay Run. Looking forward to coming back it was a BULK FUN DAY.
