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Friat Tuck Four fin Kneeboard 5ft 7". |
#343
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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER:
Friar
Tuck Surf Design, Byron Bay NSW. Phone 066 857350
SHAPER:
Dale
Ponsford
DESIGN:
Four
fin Kneeboard Slab
DESIGNER: |
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank, 1/16''
redwood stringer, pigment laminated fibreglass, resin decor, finboxes,
right hand legrope plug.
DIMENSIONS
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Length
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5
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feet |
7 1/2 |
inches |
L2:
5ft 7''. |
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Width
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23
1/2
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inches |
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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 |
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Tail
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16
1/2
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inches |
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Thickness
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2
1/2
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inches |
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Pod
:
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11
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inches |
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Nose/L:
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inches |
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Tail/L
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inches |
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Weight
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kilograms |
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Volume:
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litres |
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Diamond:
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+
1 1/2
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inches |
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Flyers:
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16
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inches |
FEATURES:
Nose:
round
Tail:
diamond,
with flyers.
Deck:
flat
with rail channels at fins
Bottom:
flat
with distinct vee behind fins.
Rails: round
low
Rocker:
medium |
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FINS
Two Dion Chemicals
10 inch Fin boxes @ 14 inches.
Two white laminated
fibreglass 5 1/4 inch x 5 3/4 inch base x 7 1/2 inch span
Fitted with rear fin cams.
Two Dion Chemicals
6 1/2 inch Fin boxes @ 21 1/2 inches
Two white laminated
fibreglass 2 1/2 inch x 3 1/2 inch base x 4 inch span.
Fitted with front
fin screws - brand?
Image right |
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DECOR
DECALS
Deck:
Friar Tuck script
in black at tip along stringer.
Two FT
- Friar Tuck Surf Design, Byron Bay NSW. Phone 066 857350 script
on rails at sweet spot.
Small black lion
head graphic and Dale Ponsford script at tail. Below.
Bottom:
Friar Tuck in black large script offset at nose. Above.
MARKINGS
Deck:
5'7''
pencil along stringer at tail.
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck:
Clear
with red laminated pigment rail lap and black resin gel thick pinlines.
Bottom:
Red
laminated pigment and black resin gel decor. |
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NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Purchased ????
Dimensions and photographs
11th April 2009.
DESIGN HISTORY
Following the success
of Simon Anderson's Thruster in 1981, several variations in fin placement
and size were tried, one being the Four fin by Glen Winton from the Central
coast, NSW in 1981.
The four fin, Cheyne
Horan's Winged keel and the return of Bonzer side fins (in a five fin configuration)
all had some limited application, but with the introduction and popularity
of plug fin systems in 1990, the basic thruster set up has maintained its
superiority.
COMMENTS:
REFERENCES:
Other Kneeboards
Jackson/Greenough
Spoon # 76
Barry
Taylor Flextail # 83
Spoon
deck Kneeboard # 68
Crozier
Slab # 58
Also see Paipo
Catalogue
Magazines
CONDITION:
8,
minor bottom repairs deep ding on right hand flyer |
John Ware : The Fluted
Diamond-Tail Kneeboard
Surfing World magazine Vol
25 # 3 July 1977 pages ?
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