The following is an interesting idea from a San Francisco area Craigslist ad:

"HI there. So I've owned and paddled maybe 10 or so paddleboards. I got tired of paying so much for the fragile things and discovered a much better board - a fiberglass canoe! Which I am selling. At 17' long, it paddles twice the speed as a typical paddle board, and at 34" wide you can paddle with your eyes closed because it is so stable. And guess what else? You can bring your cooler with cold drinks, a stereo, your pet, a couple kids, warm clothes, a towel, or whatever else you need to carry. In fact I plan on doing some stand up paddleboard camping next summer! And, the fiberglass canoe is strong - you don't need to be ultra careful to protect your precious investment! And, super cheap by comparison! And guess what - if you get tired from long paddles you can sit down and take a break!"

I have to admire his creativity.

I would be sort of surprised if the whole paddle board thing continues to catch on. I did it once and it was fun.........for about 20 minutes. Clear water makes the experience far more pleasurable as height always aids in seeing stuff. As for stand up paddling a canoe the astetics sounds less than appealing but I bet some insight on a canoe would be gleaned.

I have heard of folks doingYoga on Paddleboards. That would be very challenging IMO but sounds sort of neat. I would probably spend the majority of the lesson in the water!

We've discussed this a few times from the "Canoe" point of view. Only benefit I see is weight and wind resistance? We've always had SUP if we want out of our multi-purpose-watercraft, the canoe.

I saw some women doing SUP yoga the other day. Unfortunately they were drifting into the area where I was teaching two beginners to dock a 1 ton sailboat. I took the boat over and asked them to paddle down the shore and they were glad to do it. I couldn't figure out what was going on at first until one of them did some obvious poses. It should be a good core workout.

Yes, our canoes are pretty versatile.

A bit off topic but you sail Andy? How cool is that? It has always interested me but I have never even been on a sailboat. It would likely go nicely with my love of trolling for fish LOL........"um shorten that sail a bit we are going to fast"

I met several folks who were sailing around Isle Royale. They seemed happy and content. Nice life I would think. A paddle board stowed on a sailboat might be kinda neat.

Yep, sailing is fun but, especially when you throw in the post-sail beer, not as good exercise as paddling. Not sure if it is the best way to fish, we tend to change direction a fair bit, but I'm sure it gets done. And if you look around our harbor there are all sorts of paddlecraft on the larger sailboats. Mostly kayaks, rowing dinghies, but also some SUPs and even a canoe or two.

Lake Superior must be a pretty great body of water for a good size boat. I'd just like to have a sailing dinghy at our cabin. The prevailing wind is toward our cabin so it could be a good bit of time sailing upwind to the other end of the lake and then a relaxing run with the wind back home.

I can't figure out what drives the standup paddleboard trend. It's about the most inefficient and ridiculous way imaginable to move across water. All the disadvantages of surfing with none of the thrill; all the work of canoeing with none of the ability to bring stuff; none of the benefits of kayaking at all. It seems like the ultimate hipster pursuit - a way to get lots of social media pictures of "being active and adventurous" but none of the utility. Or maybe I'm just being grumpy. If it makes them happy, fine. But I do worry that the combination of hard work, lack of function, and instability will mean a lot of these are tucked away in people's storage units, turning them off *all* paddlesports since they lost interest in the "cool" one.

quote TominMpls: "I can't figure out what drives the standup paddleboard trend..."

"Me either!"

I've seen a couple used on the St. Croix near Log House. Looks like a lot of work to be trendy.