I just picked up this older 10' Peter Pan model Hobie. My guess is that it was made in the mid 1990's I can't read the signature. The board needs a bit of work and then I have to decide how to make this old ride look better. This isn't anything historic and I don't feel a need to keep it original. Once all the repairs are done I was thinking of sanding off all the gloss coat and then spraying the hotcoat to make the board look like a Balsa wood board I have done a lot of balsa wood airbrush jobs in the past. All were new shapes and done inform the results were great. If anyone has any other ideas let me know. I'm open to suggestions.
i would make sure that all your low spots are filled in and smooth and all your high spots are taken down so the board is perfectly flush so when your sanding you have alot less of a chance of going through the paint
good luck and please post some pics
There are a number of pressure dents in the deck Plus a open ding or two. One of the open digs has some foam rot
it looks Logan’s sig, Shroz did them forever,he said the Shroz’s were the best
Thanks Jim, Yeah I can see Bill doing those boards. Right up his ally Classic Log lines.
sdrepairman, What would you use to fill the low spots and voids?
with a thick mixture of micro balloons
ive done a board before where a friend of mine painted the entire board then wanted me to hot coat and polish out, it came out good but if it wasent prepped just right there would have been sand throughs all over the place, so making the board as flush as possible is a must
One thing that always puzzles about some Slugs…
The Slug was invented by Pan as a cheater board to circumvent ESA contest regs regarding board length in contests. They wouldn’t allow longboards in open men’s events, so he came up with a really floaty, thick,wide design that was still under 7’ and could fall in the range of a “shortboard”. A 150 man could knee paddle it, yet it was short enough to do some respectable turns.
So, why the hell are there Slugs in the 9-10 foot range? Given the supposed design intent, a 10’ Slug is sized to float someone about 300lbs, or more.