I know that a lotta people have built boards off of the 70s design and constrution pdf, and it seems most people have been happy with them.
I have been looking at the 6’8" round tail egg designed by Tony Staples that’s in the pdf. have any of ya’ll had regrets/things you would change about this board? seems like a lot has changed in 30 years, but have people modified the retro shapes that they are building today?
what do ya’ll think about having a retro egg in epoxy and EPS?
im not sure if that made sense, but if yall have any ideas, all are welcome
I’ve been looking at the same board to build and agree with pierpontscott that if a more modern rocker, rails and bottom are added it will be a much better board than it was. I’m probably going to use EPS and I have a bonzer here that will help me with rails now I have to figure out the bottom.
If anyone has made any boards that are from that book or loosly based on shapes from it please post a few pics.
A lot of what I see posted as “modern rocker” profiles, and rails, are the SAME as rockers and rails I was using in the 70’s. I just wasn’t telling anyone what I was up to at the time. Since I’d figured it out by trial, and observation, others would have to do the same. I wasn’t about give away the info that gave my boards a performance advantage over others at that time. A mixture of the “old” designs, with new materials, and construction methods, may well produce a new and exciting level of performance. I think it’s well worth exploring.
so by a more modern rocker, I suppose you mean more tail rocker? or is there some other things that I missed. I will be shaping it for small, mushy, powerless waves, so I am kinda keeping the rocker on the smaller size.
This is a project I’ve been working on for a little while now, in between paying jobs. It is a solid high denisity foam board. The design is from the Surfboard and Construction manual that was posted as a pdf a while back. The board is based on the Tony Staples 6’6" rounded square tail. The outline and rocker are as the plans. The deck camber and rails are what looked and felt ok. The bottom rails are pretty close to the plan, but I put a slight edge from just infront of the fin through the tail. And a little bit of V through the same area.
Made from 200mm x 100mm x 25mm blocks. (8" x 4" x 1") These were glued end to end to make 21 7’ x 4" x 1" planks. These were then cut to the desired rocker and glued together.
I think I might call it the “Tufheavy”. It is glassed with a single layer of 4oz top and bottom and glossed using UV resin. It is pretty heavy for its size. This is by no means a breakthrough in blank production. It was a way of using a product that was only going to be thrown away. I can’t give any comment on how it goes yet. Hope to get in the water soon. platty.
Hey Ben. That is the foam you can see. The same sort of PVC foam used in the Tuflites. It has been around in the boatbuilding industry for years. I first started using it in the early 80’s. There are claims that there was some sort of PVC foam used in the Bismark. That is possibly why it was so hard to sink. So it makes a bit of a mockery the claim that the current epoxy boards coming out of Asia are using the latest state of the art materials.platty.
I’m thinking about board #2 - my other daughter needs a first board & I was considering the egg from the design & construction pdf. Board #1 was the teardrop & isn’t really suitable for my surfing skill level (kinda new at it + I have a 10’ Frierson longboard wich I tend to use all the time) - the kids like it though.
No real regrets - it was a cool project. Next time, I’d like to make a board I would find easier to ride + would probably have a wider tail + some tail rocker. I didn’t like having to use so much glass + epoxy. 2lb foam next time too.
