# Paddleboarding

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/paddleboarding/8017>\
**Category:** Scuttlebutt\
**Created:** [July 24, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/paddleboarding/8017 "2012-07-24T12:53:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MattyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@MattyB](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/MattyB)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/paddleboarding/8017/1 "2012-07-24T12:53:33Z")

</div>

For anyone who is a paddleboarder, the USCG has designated a paddleboard as a vessel. You are required to have “on board” some sort of flotation device. This letter was dated 03 October 2008 from the Director of the State Marine Board of Oregon.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![rigdvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rigdvr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rigdvr)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/paddleboarding/8017/2 "2012-07-24T13:43:20Z")

</div>

That’s a joke. A SUP is just a thick surfboard…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Steamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Steamer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Steamer)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/paddleboarding/8017/3 "2012-07-24T14:13:03Z")

</div>

[QUOTE=rigdvr;75853]That’s a joke. A SUP is just a thick surfboard…[/QUOTE]

Do you mean that you don’t have a surfing endorsement?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![rigdvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rigdvr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rigdvr)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/paddleboarding/8017/4 "2012-07-24T16:12:05Z")

</div>

SUP would be a UL board ticket…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MattyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@MattyB](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/MattyB)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/paddleboarding/8017/5 "2012-07-25T08:27:14Z")

</div>

I wish this were true. Follow that link and read the pdf. Ridiculous, but true.  
[http://www.uscgboating.org/assets/1/workflow\_staging/Publications/480.PDF](http://www.uscgboating.org/assets/1/workflow_staging/Publications/480.PDF)