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the catalogue #359

1974 Harmony Squaretail 6 ft 9" Spray by Shane Egan

#359

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Harmony Surfboards Kirra Queensland

SHAPER: Keith Paull, Gill Glover

DESIGN:
DESIGNER:

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Fibreglassed foam blank, 1/4" redwood stringer, spray mural, resin pinlines, l/h post-production plug.

DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	6	ft	9	inches	*L2:*	6ft 3 1/2''
*Width :*	18 3/4	inches		*Wide Point :*	+5	inches
*Nose :*	13	inches		*Tail :*	12 1/2	inches
*Thickness :*	3	inches		*Pod :*	6	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Other :*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: pin
Tail:   rounded square, with slight chamfer
Deck:   flat
Bottom:   flat
Rails: down rail
Rocker: full

FIN
7.5'' x 6" base x 9'' span @ 3 inches .
Clear
Drilled legrope hole at the rear of the base and badly delaminated tip.

DECOR
DECAL
Deck:
Bottom: Harmony Designs and Superman S in red, blue, and black at the nose.
MARKINGS
Deck: Shane Egan, signed in spray paint.
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Full deck spray mural by Shane Egan, white pinlines.

Bottom: Clear, 1980s Goodtime adhesive sticker, added near the decal.

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Dimensions and photographs Bennett Surfboards, 21st June 2014.
Many thanks to Barry and Greg Bennett.
Catalogue No. 36.

Keith Paull was the Australian Champion in 1968.
Shane Egan produced a vast number of decal designs for many Australian board manufacturers.

COMMENTS
The board has stress marks near the nose and it has had several repairs of various quality, particularly the crudely inserted post-production leg rope plug, set foreward on the left hand rail.
The fin tip is badly delaminated and it has a hole drilled for a legrope.

DESIGN HISTORY
REFERENCES

CONDITION: 7

Geoff Cater (2014) :Catalogue: #359 Harmony Squaretail, 1973.
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