When does the SBC end, June 21st?

General Discussion
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Thinking about making a new board.

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I’m figuring Father’s Day

Is the cut off?

That is exactly 21 days

Or 3 weeks.

And even a mere mortal can do that,

Ah, given’ proper motivation.

Much Aloha!

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Thanks Matt

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Ends on the 20th.
voting will start on the 21st.

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Maybe my mid length will be finished in time then.

Is there a reason its not ending on the 1st of june, at the same time as spring ends?

Or am i missing something?

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Spring ends on June 20th.  Summer starts on June 21st.

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Cool going with the equinox not the calander, not bagging, just everyone in australia is talking about the first day of winter… etc.

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Just going with the dates that Huck originally posted.

Maybe we should rename the challenge so as not to be so northern hemi specific?

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I started making a new board from an old PU/PE windsurfboard. The original was over 9’ about 24" wide and about 5" thick. I started shaping it on Thursday and started glassing it yesterday. It’s been a while since I did poly glassing so I had issues with the resin gelling quickly, but I managed to get it done.

This morning I did an inlay on the deck and in my rush forgot to add catalyst. I ended up mixing another small batch and doing my best to push it into the existing resin. I don’t know if this is going to work, but I definitely will not make it before the June 20 deadline. Real bummer if this kills the board because I’m really excited about the shape. I did a 7-10 semi gun / fun gun shape to replace an older board that I have.

If anyone has any input on what I could do to get this to work out, I’m all ears.

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I checked the board this morning. The outer surface resin kicked, but I don’t know about the layer closest to the board. It has a strange camoflage look now. I’ll let it sit for a while before I prepare it for the next layers of glass. I may end up with a nice board after all.

Here’s a few shots. I didn’t get many because the old camera I’ve been using to shoot web shots is broken. I thought I had some shots of the old windsurfer, but I couldn’t find them. I have couple when I started stripping the bottom. You can see that it had a complex channel bottom. I had to flatten it all out and then cut in the rocker I wanted after cutting off about 15 inches from the tail. Luckily the board was extra thick.




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looks good SC!