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the catalogue #214

1970 Farrelly Diamond tail 6 ft 3 1/2"

#214

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Farrelly Surfboards, 230 Harboard Road Brookvale Sydney
SHAPER: Unknown (possibly Warren Cornish ( - see below)
DESIGN: Diamond tail
DESIGNER:
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank with 1/8 inch plywood stringer, clear volan laminate with 1/2 inch rail lap.
Foil deck to tail patch. Fin patch.

DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	6	ft	3 1/2	inches
*Width :*	18 3/4	inches		*Wide Point :*	+ve 2 1/2	inches
*Nose :*	12 1/2	inches		*Tail :*	12 1/2	inches
*Thickness :*	3	inches		*Pod :*		inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Other :*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: Pin
Tail: diamond
Deck: S-deck, domed
Bottom: flat,
Rails: Down rail with hard edge, nose to tail
Rocker: Two phase - Marked nose lift to wide point, then flat to tail

FIN
9 3/4 inch x 6 inch base @ 5 inches.
Clear laminate with fin patch
High aspect Greenough
Leg rope hole,

DECOR
DECALS
Deck
Farrelly/address - black script at sweet spot.
With stamped serial number, 1902.
See right
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Clear
Bottom:

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Board found next to rubbish bin, Gerroa Beach Tourist Park, by Nick De Jong, February 2003.
Many thanks to Nick.
MANUFACTURER HISTORY
At a cost of $125.00, it was a premium product trading on Midget Farrelly's designs and an immaculate finish that set the benchmark for the rest of the industry.
See Midget Farrelly
DESIGN HISTORY
REFERENCES
Other Farrelly Boards
#461969 Farrelly, Square tail 6 ft 4"
#541971 Farrelly Pop-out 5ft 5"
#341972 Midget Farrelly, Coolite 4 ft 10" Rubber fin
Magazine:.
CONDITION: 5,

Image left,
Board # 5
Receipt No. 22
28 November 1969

Image right,
Warren Cornish at Farrelly Surfboards,
230 Harbord Road Brookvale Sydney
circa June 1970
Photograph from
Pacific Longboarder Vol 6 No. 3 page 39
January 2003
Note similarities in template to #214.