SHANE PINTAIL TRACKER

 Shane pintal tracker.

Found on a council rubbish pickup.

 The over all condition of this board

was pretty good.

7'8"x 21 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Nose 17 1/2"

Tail 13"

  ST   (Shane Stedman?)  

7'8"

ZOL   (Steve Zoller?)

)(   (?)

 Interesting foil.

Thickest point is 17 1/4" behind wide point.

 11 1/2" Safe Set

Greenough  stage 3 fin.

12 1/2" from pod.

 Bottom gloss down.

Finished top and bottom.

TWO BENNETTS ONE OWNER

 These two have been in 

for ding repairs only.

And to have leg rope loops

glassed onto their tails.

But are worth adding. 

Both are heading to the 

Old Mal titles at Crescent Head in

a couple of weeks and want to avoid the rocks.

 Note the concave on the left hand board.

Its dimensions.

9'9 1/4" x 22 1/4" x 2 7/8"

Nose 16 3/4"

Tail 15 1/2"

Pod 6"

On the right.

9'5 3/4" x 24" x 3 1/8"

Nose 17 1/2"

Tail 18 3/4" 

Pod 8 1/2"

Wide points at mid point

and 4'1 7/8" from pod.

The foils. 

The concave nosed board at top is pretty flat.

The bottom board has a curve similar to a V- bottom. 

Both boards have rolled bottoms.

Fins.

Concave board at left.

GORDON WOODS TRIPPLE STRINGER

Not sure about the age of this board.

I would say 63/64

 The logo according to surfresearch 

suggests this board is a 66 model. 

 

 Pre restoration.

9'8 1/2" x 21 3/4" x 3 7/8"

Nose 16"

Tail 15 1/4"

Pod 5"

 Old fin.

Not original timber.

Crudely glassed and set to far forward.

 New fin.

 This area was delaminated

and the foam was split.

The stringer was intact.

 Nose area repaired.

Bottom gloss down.

 Flat rocker.

Note the leg rope attachment.

This board is going to be a rider.

Finished.

Fresh pigment work.

They are a bit hard to see.

The foam has shrunk between the stringers

through the mid section on the bottom.

JOHN BLANCH SAN JUAN 70's SINGLE FIN

 Handcrafted by

John Blanch.
http://www.surfresearch.com.au/msan_juan.html

Pre restoration.

6'10" x 20 1/8"

 Nose detail.

Nose tip missing.

The stressies run pretty much

 all the way to the fin.

The bottom had a layer of 4oz added

after all the repairs were done.

 Tail detail.

 The fin was removed.

The under fin delams etc were repaired.

Then capped with a red pigment lam, which

is also covering two large dings forward of the fin.

 This board has a very flat rocker.

Finished.

BK HAWAII OCEAN SPORTS GUN

 Barry Kanaiaupuni

started BK Ocean Sports 

in 1979.

Chris

 10'9" x 21" x 31/2"
Nose 10"
Tail 10"

Barry Kanaiaupuni

on deck stringer,

inside deck patch area.

 This is what was under the 

deck patch area prior to new repairs.

As was some of the writing on the stringer.

 This is the fin area. 

Some major delam 

and a split stringer.

 Big nose rocker.

Original fin was repaired and reset.
9" high x 6 1/2" base
8" from pod.

HUTCHINSON S-DECK 3005

 This is the third Hutchinson restoration

for the same client.

 Pre restoration.

No fin.

Fair condition.

5'51/4" x 20"

 A second hand volan fin was reshaped

and reset into the repaired tail.

The fin is 9 1/2" and 5 3/4" from the pod.

 The foil is flat.

All the shape is in the deck.

 S-deck detail.

Outline.

Finished.

BARRY BENNETT V- BOTTOM 4042

This board is a

Barry Bennett stringered V-bottom.

As you can see from the images

it was in pretty poor condition.

Nice and bright under the original pigment.

Detail of the dodgy repair work on the nose.

The original fin was removed.

The area under the fin was repaired.

The fin was repaired and reset.

This board was destined for a pigment job from the start.

The number 4042 was penciled into the blank.

And some of the volan lams 

were not masked and cut.

The stringer needed extending.

New foam was glued up.

The nose was reshaped and glassed.

Freshly pigment coated bottom.

Foil.

Finished top and bottom.

This board is a rider.

A leg rope loop was glassed onto the pod.

A clear panel was left to highlight the number.