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the catalogue #106

1971 Pat Morgan Twin fin 1 6ft 7''

#106

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Pat Morgan Surfboards,17 Anderson St Torquay Victoria Phone: Torquay 720
SHAPER: possibly Pat Morgan
DESIGN: Twin fin 1
DESIGNER: Mike Eaton / Rolf Arness / Corky Carroll / David Nuuihwa, all USA

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank, stringer?, two colour pigment Volan laminate. Post production legrope plug.

DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	6	ft	7	inches
*Width :*	19 1/4	inches		*Wide Point :*	-ve 4	inches
*Nose :*	14	inches		*Tail :*	15	inches
*Thickness :*		inches		*Pod :*	10	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Other :*		inches

* Approximate dimensions in italics.

FEATURES
Nose: round, very thin
Tail: rounded diamond
Deck: S deck, flat section from sweet spot to tail with chine above the rail line.
Bottom:
Rails:
Rocker:

FINS
Twin multi laminated fins,
approx 7'' x 4'' base.
Note Symetric foil.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: Three green circles graphic and
'Pat Morgan Surfboards,17 Anderson St Torquay. Phone: Torquay 720' in black text along stringer
Image below, thanks to Daniel Prior, March 2005.
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Orange pigment laminate with purple rail lap. White pin-lines
Bottom: Purple pigment laminate with winged white pin-lines

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Puchased new in 1971. Bought 18 months later by friend, Bob Hazelton, Sydney.
Photographs and dimensions 1996.
COMMENTS
Medium ding in bottom, black tape on nose (shows in photographs)
Length probably adjusted for Victorian conditions.

OTHER PAT MORGAN SURFBOARDS
#336 1971 Pat Morgan Keel fin 7ft 8 1/2''
#242 1972 Pat Morgan Keel fin 6ft 8''
#1631973 Pat Morgan Swallow tail 6ft 9'' Kym Thompson.

REFERENCES:
MAGAZINES

Two years later, Pat Morgan applied his current design experiment, the Keel Fin, in a Twin fin format, see:
(Victorian) Design, Tracks, March 1973, page 27.
Pat Morgan's Designs.
Twin Keel.
Length: 6ft 2ins.
Width: 20ins.
Keel sizes length: 11 ins, height: 5 ins.
Flat area around fin sections - some tail lift - Rolled bottom.
Handles super well in waves up to 7ft.
Over that try a gun keel.
For an example of a Pat Morgan Gun Keel from the same article, see References - Magazines at:
#336 1971 Pat Morgan Keel fin 7ft 8 1/2''
Note that the article does not mention the board's Swallow tail, also featured on Jim Pollock's 6ft 8'' Rip Curl surfboard on page 26.

FILM
Decor very similar to that of a Twin fin 1 ridden by Corky Carroll in John Severson's Pacific Vibrations, 1971.
OTHER TWIN FINS
See Walsh Twin fin I # 71.
Twin fin 2 see Mark Richards' # 40.
CONDITION: 8, black tape -1.