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the catalogue #112

1980 McCoy Lazor Zap 5 ft 6"

# 112

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER
McCoy Surfboards Lot 24 Cape Thompsons Road Avoca Beach ph. (04382-1541)
SHAPER: Geoff McCoy
DESIGN: Lazor - Zap/''Astron Zot''
DESIGNER: Geoff McCoy/Cheyne Horan

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Fibreglassed foam blank, 1/4" redwood stringer, spray, r/h plug
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	5	feet	6	inches
*Width:*	20 1/2	inches		*Wide Point:*	-ve 12	inches
*Nose :*	11 1/2	inches		*Tail:*	19	inches
*Thickness:*		inches		*Pod:*	9 1/2	inches
*Nose Lift:*	5	inches		*Tail Lift:*	2	inches
*Weight:*		kilos		*Volume:*		litres
*Other, Flyer/s:*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: pin
Tail: swallow/fish
Deck: flat, and flat
Bottom: flat, slight Vee
Rails: low round
Rocker: medium

FIN
Fin box?
Original fin probably large raked and flex fin.
Similar template to Boomerangsailboard fin.
Later models featured the Cheyne Horan /Ben Lexan designed
Star Fin/Winged Keel
Molded plastic for Fin box.
6 x 5 b @ n/a inches???
Ben Lexan/Cheyne Horan .

DECOR
DECAL/S:
Deck: Down stringer -
1. Red 'McCoy' script at nose.
2.'Shaped by Geoff McCoy' black oval
3.Large 'Designed by Cheyne Horan + Winged Mermaid' logo.
4.'Rip Curl' script red/yellow/blue?
5.Small 'Four segment symbol logo at tail
On rails at sweet spot. - 'Gotcha' white/left and 'Cheyne' black/right
Bottom: Same as deck but 1. is blue?
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom: Pencil along stringer : ''McCOY CHEYNE 'ASTRON - ZOT' / AUSTRALIA -85- ''
COLOUR
Deck: Sprayed yellow stripe, two red (front) half rail panels, black checked Vee at centre.
Bottom: Sprayed yellow stripe, two red (front) half rail panels, black checked Vee at centre.

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
On display at Dripping Wet Surf Shop, 93 North Steyne Manly. 02 9977-3549.
Photograph and dimensions estimate 13 January 1999. Dimensions 19 November 2000.
Some staining to blank, minor dings - repaired, 8'' delamination/ding on bottom - yellow
DESIGN HISTORY
A no-nose, wide tailed single fin board designed by Geoff McCoy and Cheyne Horan, 1979-1984.
Later models featured Ben Lexan/Cheyne Horan’s Winged Keel/Star fin, See Scream In Blue, below.
Reprised 1998 as Thruster finned Nugget model by McCoy Surfboards.
REFERENCES.
Other Boards
# 73 Gordon and Smith Lazor - Zap 6 ft
Other McCoy Boards
# 45 Keyo Egg 5 ft 8''- shaped by Geoff McCoy
# 24 McCoy Rounded pin 6 ft 7''
Other Cheyne Horan Boards
# 84 Bronzed Aussies/Cheyne Horan Design 5 ft 10''
Magazines
Drew Kampion : 'Profile : Cheyne Horan'
in Surfing magazine Vol 17 # 7 March 1981 pages 56 - 65.
Film
1. Dittrich, Scott : Follow the Sun, 1980. Includes Cheyne Horan on a 5 ft 6'' Lazor Zap at Waimea Bay.
2. xxx : Scream In Blue, 1982?
Follows Cheyene Horan's 1981-2? Professional World Tour with Lazor Zap/Star fin models.
CONDITION: 7.

Cheyne and McCoy Lazor Zap #112,
circa 1982
Photograph by Paul Moartens
Tracks : How to Surf, 1982.
Back cover advertisment for Rip Curl Wetsuits.

Cheyne and McCoy Lazor Zap, circa 1981
Photograph by Terry Wilcox
Nat's History 0f Surfing Page 190

Standard McCoy Decal (Blue)

#73 Winged Keel fin by Horan/Lexan
Cheyne Horan/Ben Lexan
Star/Winged Keel
http://www.cheynehoran.com.au/starfin.html