A Blast from the Past 2014
I borrowed the 16ft super light SIC Standamaran off Mark Raaphorst for a Maliko run. I was frothing like a little grommet with ADHD that’s had a glass of red Cottee’s cordial. The weather maps were reading for the day light winds. For Maliko this is gold “Yes Please Mr Wizard” which is a good thing as the Standamaran likes wind 15 knots or lighter with small seas. The Standamaran felt strange, very tippy but very stable! Made my legs feel like jelly but I was severally hungover anyway, paddling out through the gulch. It took me about 2k’s to get the hang of it. It was hard not going into surf stance. It's a real different stance technique feeling, you needed a very good strong core strength, especially when the nose would pearl through the swells but would release with ease "it felt funny surfing in a balance stance." But the glide you would get was truly amazing on the slightest bump. The Standamaran would just take off and glide, you didn’t even have to paddle hard at all to get the Standamaran moving. I was lucky the swell was small, on 2ft swells you would bury the nose of the Standamaran very deeply but the nose would glide out with ease. I was even keeping up with guys on the Bullet. The last 5k’s coming into Kahului Harbour conditions got a bit brutal for the Standamaran to handle with wind gusts of 20+ knots. When I made it into the harbour the wind was now 25+ knots, guys on Bullets where struggling with the head wind the Standamaran just glided straight through it. It was a very fun and challenging paddle. If you like paddling into the wind the STANDAMARAN is the SUP for you.
Now it’s 2016
I’ve always hated paddling in the flat water (canal) for fitness it’s boring as. so I’m seriously thinking of ordering a Standamaran e.g “The Standi” for home in Australia, to help make paddling in the canal for fitness a bit more enjoyable. The beauty about “The Standi” is it doesn’t mater what the conditions are like on the canal, head wind, side wind 15 knots or 30 knots who cares when paddling “The Standi” it’s like paddling on shear glass in zero knot winds. “Yes Please Mr Wizard”
So I’ve ordered “The Standi” for home in Australia STOKED. I hassled Mark Raaphorst if I could take his “Standi” for a Maliko Downwind Paddle today due to the supposedly 10 knots light winds. Anyway at 17+ knots It was Bulk Fun and my core is stronger now than it was say two years ago thanks to
eddiebaran.com/gymnastic-abs.html
You need good core strength for "The Standi" the Glide on “The Standi” went forever on some of the Bumps it felt like I was Snow Skiing down a small mountain while in the troth "Too Much Fun".
The making of my Standi in the mould. Had 4 guys working on the Standi so she'll be ready for the container on the 9th August bound for Brisbane, STOKED.
Getting ready for the oven to be baked over the weekend, then will be loaded on Young Brothers to be ship to Oahu on Tuesday 2nd August.
This Standi will be the only one of her kind in Australia.
