i shaped a board back in 2003 with no power tools and suddenly caught the inspiration to shape another.
I have the aps software to to make an outline. Would it be allright to print that at kinkos, and worry about rocker, foil, etc. by hand?
I typically ride 5’6" -5’8" x 20-20 1/2" twins/quad fishes and a 5’9" x 19 3/4" merrick single fin/bonzer.
Im thinking of making a 5’10" x 16 1/4" x 20 1/4" x 15 1/8" x 7 1/2" squash widepoint up +4 inches from center x (??? thick) S deck, pinched 50/50 rails around the wide point, turning to modern shortboard rail from the fin back for ease of use in cutbacks. Thinking stepped triplane up front to flat slight V in the tail? 3 1/2" nose rocker 1 1/4" tail rocker? Single fin Placement? Maybe a Brewer style Tri fin?
ALL of your input is appreciated. I esecially dont know what blank to use and the proper thickness for an s decked displacement hull type board. Also any input on bottom contours will really help me in my quest to find the hull trim with easy ability to cutback on a nice lined up wave.
this board gets going straight up, ive only ridden it in small beach breaks though, When the waves got a little bigger and hollower i found i could go a little longer, probably a 6’ would be fun…
Im saying this board is a similar outline not exact MP replica
I made a 5’10" stubbie. I don’t keep dims, but it’s between 20 1/2" and 21" wide and 3" thick in the center.
I would try to keep the bottom flat or as close to what you fish is. You can roll the bottom at nose a little, but keep the mid to tail flat, and add tucked under rails for most of the board. That will give you lots of speed. If you add vee do it after the middle fin. I would stay away from 50/50 rails. You could do turned up rails in the nose, but go tucked under from about 1/3 back from the nose all the way to the tail.
I started with a single Greenough Stage 4 fin, but it overhead waves I was nursing the board through turns. Then added 2 side boxes, and I rode it as a twin and a trailer, but it works best with the stage 4 and 2 tiny little side bites. With this setup I can turn it pretty hard, and it goes pretty fast.
Check out the morning of the earth surfboards site. I modeled my board after their MP stubbie.
