Design
Russki
Designed by Michael Storer
Russki is a short plywood sit-on paddleboard in the manner of a surf ski, 7 ft 9 in long and built from a couple of standard sheets of plywood. It carries a single paddler of up to 200 lb (90 kg).
The hull is self-jigging, so it goes together without a strongback, and the seat is a foam block set into the deck and glassed over. The designer lists a weight of 30 lb and estimates about 25 lb for a build in gaboon ply and epoxy.
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