We fade to grey

General Discussion
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Beni (one of the guys at Shaperoom.net) recently asked me to try and make him something along the lines of TYLER’s “Mini Zeke”. Since I don’t like to copy others’ templates, I just picked up the basic measurements that TYLER indicates for this board on his site and drew my own template from there. The end result sure looks like the original, but not quite: the tail, for one, is a bit more pulled in although the measurement at 1’ from the tail is the same. With three width points (widest point, nose width, tail width) you may draw quite different curves…

Anyway, here it is, sanded but no gloss coat yet when I shot the photos (it’s been done since, I should wet sand and polish today):

Oh, and, nose rocker is a bit more, too, since I used a 8’5" blank (for a 8’4" board): I had to do with the built-in rocker. (I should have used at least a 9’ something to adjust… Oh well, it was not meant to be a clone, right?)

OK, for Chip (and others) here are the dims: 8’4" x 18 3/4" x 23" x 16" x 2 5/8". Double 6 oz top, single 6 oz bottom. Grey-tinted resin and Posca pin-line. Long fin-box.



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Very, very nice dude!

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Nice board !

Thanks for the photos

Ray

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Thanks to both of you! UncleD, I didn’t even have time to tell you that your Dave PARMENTER might very well be my next “copy” attempt, since I have been asked to make TWO SUPs in the 12’ range…

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If that is so… make lots of room in your shop. Those boards are huge… 12’3"x23"x30"x18"x5". 38" wide rolls of fiberglass was required. Sanding the hot coat took me over 3 hours.

It floats great and paddling is challenging and fun!

D

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If that is so… make lots of room in your shop. Those boards are huge… D

Yeah, I was thinking of it… That, and the fact that those will be my first ever EPS/Epoxy, all that tends to make me nervous… I’m gonna need A LOT OF HELP from all of you out there to make them look like something…

Meanwhile, today was wet sanding/polishing day. I have a black T-shirt striped by polish at waist level, but a shiny board, too:

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the nervous shaking will go away

the need for an enlarged work space

becomes glaringly apparent

as well as the vision of a canoe house

comes to crystal clarity in the daydream

twelve foots is the first step

to sixteen foots

and twenty foots

the help you need will be realized

by like minded comrades

here and beyond

Guethary on the minus tide

at 9 cm will have the same shape as

high tide 8 meters.

perfection in training,

cross training

deny the temptation to surf in a crowd

the world will be a

place worth living

the sup crowd threat is looming

on the horizon world wide

and the wisdom of the Kuupuna

are but a faint voice compared

to the booming roar

of the promotional media.

…ambrose…

commercial manu facturers

have one goal selling units

the pursuit of the higer form

can be undiluted by their influence

the Geutary tradional aboriginal canoe

was ridden 2000 years ago

I’ll bet my 85 cents on that.

what did they call the old people in Guetary?

did they also leave paintings in caves?

contactwith these peoples

might lead the way to an

enlightened truth.

we are all on a path

travled by many travlers

many lifetimes past

we may listen carefully

and hear their wisdom

or not.

Ive said it before I’ll say it again

the first removeable fin was the paddle

before the attatched fin

kuks couldnt turn

and flat boards couldn’t either

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Great job! There’s something about that shape that I really like.

Thanks for posting the pics.

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GREAT looking board!!!

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Thanks, Scottw (and all of you). Looks like Beni agrees, too:

Actually, I would have liked to catch a few waves with it but alas I had to let it go… I should have some feedback from Beni tomorrow since we are blessed with a good small swell with offshore winds… I’ll let you know…

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another beautiful board balsa. thanks for sharing.