I recently did some board repairs for a local Surf Lifesaving Club and they gave me 3 old, 10ft, out of date PU/PE rescue boards. So I have stripped the glass off one, added a balsa stringer and shaped and glassed a new 9’6" log. With a resin swirl and stringer that looks like a dogs hind leg. After removing the glass I cut the blank down the existing stringer. The plan was to add a balsa stringer cut to the rocker that I use. Then glue it to the existing stringer, then glue the two halfs back together. That is what I did. When I cut the blank in half, it had a bit of a bow in it. Well, I thought the new 1" stringer will pull that bow out when I glue the blank back together. Well it did’nt. The resin swirl hides it a bit, but who cares. This board is an experiment anyway, as far as shaping and swirls are concerned. platty.
That gets MY vote for the best recycling of a weapon of mass destruction , ever .
[hicksy , with his clubbie hat and g-string , is probably crying , right about now…he loves his " surf rowboats ", surf skis , and clubbie paddle boards …sigh…pray for hicksy to see the errors of his ways and repent . hehehee . no, really]
Ok. It’s 9’6" x 23" x 19" nose x 17" tail x 3.25" thick with a 7" pod. The wide point is half way. The front half of the board is the same as my other 9’6". The tail is is 1.75" wider and the pod is 1.25" wider than my other 9’6". I wanted to see if a wider tail made much difference. From the limited time I have spent on it , it does seem to turn much easier, a lot more pivioty. It has a pivot fin set well back. You can see all the holes in the deck of the blank where the strapps were attached. Notice the high precision glue up. We try and get our stringers as straight as we can around here. + and - 20mm is close enough. platty.
