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| 1978 Friar Tuck Twin-fin Slab Kneeboard 5 ft 6.5" |
#262
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Length :
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5
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ft |
6.5
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inches |
L2:
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5ft 5.75'' |
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Width :
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23.5
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inches |
Wide Point :
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+ve 5
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inches | |
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Nose :
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20
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inches |
Tail :
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18
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inches | |
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Thickness :
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2 .75
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inches |
Pod :
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12
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inches | |
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Nose Lift :
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inches |
Tail Lift :
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inches | |||
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Weight :
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kilos |
Volume :
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litres | |||
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Flyers :
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0.25 | inch | @ |
13'' |
| FINS
(Twin) 5.75" x 4" base x 7.5 span, set @ 18.5'' Inside flat, foiled on the rail side. Three way laminate- yellow, white, orange. The screw tongues are located at the rear. Two 10" fin-boxes, toed-in @ 13''- black. |
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| DECOR
DECALS Deck: FT graphic- yellow,red and black and Friar Tuck Surf Design, 236 Harbord Road, Brookvale, (02) 938-3270 at sweet-spot- black text. Shaped by Craig McDonald, graphic and text- black at pod. Bottom: FT graphic and Friar Tuck Surf Designs, 236 Harbord Road, Brookvale, (02) 938-3270 offset on each rail, small- black text. MARKINGS Deck: 2119 - pencil on stringer at the tail. Bottom: COLOUR Deck: Clear, before repairs in red resin. Bottom: Red spray with clear hour-glass panels, yellow resin curves. |
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| NOTES
BOARD HISTORY Bought second-hand as a back-up board from Barry Taylor Surfboards, South Nowra, circa 1977-78. Generously donated by Alan Jones, Shoalhaven Heads, in 2014. Post-production professional repairs in red resin on the tail and right-hand rail. Left: Alan Jones, Little Avalon, circa 1968. Photographer:Terry Dessaix, Dee Why. http://www.dysf.com.au/1960.html COMMENTS DESIGN HISTORY Originally designed by Peter Crawford in 1969 at Wallace Surfboards (name credited to Midget Farrelly) as an alternative to the low floatation Greenough Spoon, the Slab has been in constant production in all fin combinations. The twin fin-boxes are in the established tradition of kneeboard fin variation and experimentation. |
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