Old School Longboard Dims for East Coast?

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well ive almost completed glassing my 6’3 Fishcuit. my 6’7 shortboard is almost ready for glass and my other 6’7 shortboard is ready to be final shaped.

With the short side of my quiver done ive decided to start thinking of the larger board side of it. I am looking to build an old school 12’ longboard for the small mushy days of the wonderful U.S.A East Coast.

I am going with balsa wood which i was lucky to find under an hour from me but i havent found out the price, im afraid of what its going to cost, anyway this board wouldnt see many days over waist high and i would like to be able to try noseriding it. being able to knee paddle it would also be a plus.

im thinking a wide point of 24" pulled back towards the tail. a thickness of 2.5-3 inches with 18" 1 foot from the nose and 16" 1 foot off the tail. the only thing i am not sure on is rocker, any suggestions?

also, i was going to go with a triple stringer but i am not sure what type of wood i should go with, suggestions?

also should i glass the balsa with 6oz bamboo or should i just rub the wood with oils to seal it up.

thans guys,

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With the short side of my quiver done ive decided to start thinking of the larger board side of it. I am looking to build an old school 12’ longboard for the small mushy days of the wonderful U.S.A East Coast.

Why 12’ ? That’s enormous. If you are trying to replicate a '60s style LB, something closer to 9’6" would be about right. Depends on your weight/size, of course. On the EC during the ‘60s, it was very rare to see anyone using a board over 10’. Even then, it would be someone well over 200 lbs.

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well i am 6’4 and 200lbs.

so if i go down to a 9’6 or a 10’ can i keep my widths the same? or should i bring those in also?

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you can keep the dem the same for sure

im 5’10 155 and i ride a 9’6x19x23.5x16x3 with double 10oz vlan deck and bottome(45 pounds)

and its fine in 1 foot nothings to 8 foot firing surf

just cuz ur a big dude dosnt mean you nead a huge board

the Demensions that you said would be realy sick for like 9’8 10’0 maybe

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i ride a 9’6x19x23.5x16x3 with double 10oz vlan deck and bottome(45 pounds)

45 pounds? Did you put lead weights in it? That is extremely heavy for a 9’6". I own a 10’ Hobie, built in '65, that only weighs 32 lbs. It has dbl 10 oz and a big barn-door D fin.

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yea haha i dont think it used to be that heavy but its very watter logged

was rotting in my freinds yard before i brought her back 2 life

smashed 3 fin boxes out of her

so i glassed a fin on

lots of after market repairs is what makes it so heavy now but im so used to it i glassed on of my boards single 8oz and 6x2 deck

with a 6 and volan bottom

and its way to light for me haha im still geting used 2 it

i wanna copy cat the board about 35 pounds

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I built a 10’ balsa in 05. It weighed in at 55lb. Pretty heavy on land but supprisingly light to surf. For more info go to the swaylocks link below. platty.

http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/detail_page.cgi?ID=1148

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so definately going for a board at 9’6 with my dimensions above.

still not sure on the rocker tho.

platt,

you board is beautiful, pretty much the shape i was looking for. thanks

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rocker is more a matter of personal prefferance

like the boards i shape are super super flatt for early entry and eaisy catchabillity

and i kick the tail up alot

if i had to give it some numbers id say 1.75in entry rocker

and maybe 4.5in the tail

i usualy use a 9’8 Y Usa 1sts blank

if thats helps at all

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the clark 9’1y and 10’1y and 9’4b were my favorite blanks for florida. the Y blanks were reversed (nose to tail) which gives a nice flip in the tail. US blanks are pretty close to clarks dims although I don’t they have the belly as clarks did. if using us blanks get the harder foam.

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9’6’’ 23-231/2" at mid point, 16" @1’ off the tail. 18-181/2" @ 1’ off the nose. Seven inch square tail. Soft egg rail. The 16" tail will enable you to put a set of “Hips” on it if you choose your template carefully. East Cost shapes were fuller in overall dims. and outline. Most West Coast boards were an inch narrower during the '60’s. Lowel