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1969     Keyo   Tracker    7ft      Shaped by Bob McTavish
#69
#69 Keyo Tracker 1969
MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER:Keyo Surfboards 19 Sydenham Road Brookvale Sydney 
SHAPER: Bob McTavish
DESIGN:Tracker
DESIGNER: Bob McTavish
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Stringerless foam blank , Volan glass with Vee knee patch.Safeset fin box. 
DIMENSIONS
Length:
 6
 ft 11 1/2  inches
Width:
  20 1/2 inches
Wide Point:
0 
 inches
Nose : 
  16 1/2 inches
Tail:
  14 1/2 inches
Thickness: 
 3
 inches
Pod:
   inches
Nose Lift: 
   inches
Tail Lift:
   inches
Weight
   kilos
Volume:
   litres
Other, Flyer/s:
   inches  
FEATURES
Nose: semi pin 
Tail:  square
Deck: rolled 
Bottom:  flat 
Rails: 50/50 tending down at the tail 
Rocker: light
FIN:   11" x 8 1/2" (base)  @ 10 inches
Safeset molded fin 
Black with legrope hole.
#69f Molded Safeset
DECOR
DECALS
Deck: 'Keyo/Surfboards' orange script/black text in black box at nose 
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck: 
Bottom: 'dot 1321 dot' -pencil at tail 
COLOUR
Deck: Clear 
Bottom: 
NOTES
HISTORY
Purchased Shoalhaven Heads garage sale, April 1999 - included brand new leg rope! Surf stickers (Balin, Piping Hot, Ocean and Earth, two others) removed.
COMMENTS:
REFERNCES
Other Trackers : # 67
Other Keyo Surfboards :Malibu: # 36     Egg: # 45
Magazine
The  Australian Surfer's Journal Vol 1 # 4 Spring 1998 page 93 Photograph by Leroy Grannis : Nat Young, Malibu, Summer 1968  (below)
CONDITION: 9
#69 Keyo Tracker 1969
#69 Keyo Tracker 1969
#69 Nat Young and Tracker, Malibu 1968. Photo : Grannis Nat Young and Keyo 8 ft Tracker, Malibu Summer/Mid-Later 1968
Photograph/Leroy Grannis, 
reprinted in The  Australian Surfer's Journal Vol 1 # 4 Spring 1998 page 93		 #108 Keyo decal
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