{"id":61241,"date":"2023-10-23T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/?p=61241"},"modified":"2023-10-23T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:35:45","slug":"sipaboards-motorized-paddleboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/gear\/sipaboards-motorized-paddleboard\/","title":{"rendered":"SipaBoards Easy-to-Use Paddleboards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n SipaBoards are a lot like regular stand-up paddleboards, but they have an electric motor, if riders need a boost.<\/span>\n Courtesy SipaBoards<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n\n

Sebastjan Sitar had been thinking a lot about electric bicycles<\/a> by the time his wife and daughters ran into trouble on the water. They were in a calm lagoon aboard stand-up paddleboards<\/a>, having a great time, but they got tired and struggled to get back to shore. \u201cIf you are going uphill with a bike, you can say, \u2018Enough! I don\u2019t want to do this anymore,\u2019 and you can get back,\u201d Sitar says. \u201cI thought there should be the same thing for the water, a safety motor assist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He created the company SipaBoards, which he launched with a Kickstarter campaign in 2015. Since then, more than 5,000 SipaBoards have been sold in 26 countries. A few months ago, the SipaBoards Drive Collection was unveiled with three updated board-and-power combos: the Neo ($3,255), Tourer ($3,900) and Allrounder ($3,900). Each has a new modular power-pack system that allows for quicker charging, in addition to a self-inflate system to ease the task of getting the boards ready to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n SipaBoards deflate to the size of a backpack for storage in a lazarette or anywhere else on board the yacht. The company says they can be inflated for use in six to eight minutes, making them a good option for anyone who is anxious to take to the water after the boat drops the hook.<\/span>\n Courtesy SipaBoards<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so difficult to inflate the board if you are not super strong,\u201d he says. \u201cWith this, you press two or three buttons, and the board is ready. It assists you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whole system is controlled through a smartphone app or a Bluetooth-enabled remote. The newest boards, Sitar says, are 48 percent lighter than the original ones. And, he adds, the newest motor is a lot quieter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe work a lot on being as quiet as possible,\u201d he says. \u201cIf you want to go on an early-morning paddle, you don\u2019t want to hear the noise of starting up an engine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n Since the company\u2019s launch almost a decade ago, SipaBoards has sold more than 5,000 boards in 26 countries.<\/span>\n Courtesy SipaBoards<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

The most common question he receives from yacht owners is whether the battery technology is safe. SipaBoards locate the battery in a fire-resistant housing to prevent problems, he says, adding that other safety considerations have also been top of mind during the product development: \u201cWe did a lot to be as harmless as possible for water life, nature,\u201d Sitar says. \u201cWe have a small jet that cannot hurt you, that doesn\u2019t damage the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all gives yacht owners and guests the option of adding a power-assist to their daily paddle.\u2009\u201cYou can still do a good workout if you want to,\u201d he says, \u201cbut you also have this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SipaBoards combine the fun and exercise of paddling with the convenience of an electric motor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":61242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Kim Kavin","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","sponsored_url":"","social_share":true,"ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true},"categories":[158],"tags":[168,521,2125,186],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}