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| 1958 Bennett Balsa Pig 9 ft 5'' |
#361
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Length
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9
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ft |
6
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inches | L2: |
9ft 5'' |
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Width
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21.5
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inches |
Wide
Point :
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-ve 13
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inches | |
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Nose
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11.5
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inches |
Tail
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17
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inches | |
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Thickness
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3
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inches |
Pod
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0
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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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Other
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inches |
| FEATURES
Nose: Pin, with 3'' balsa nose block repair. Tail: Rounded pin Deck: Flat Bottom: Flat with slight lift up on rails. Rails: thin, high to mid rail (30/70) Rocker: some nose lift |
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| FIN
8'' x 8'' base x 10'' span @ 0'' [estimated] Rounded D, plywood. If not the original fin, then an early (or excellent) replacement. |
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| DECOR
DECALS Deck: Surfboards by Barry Bennett, 2 Wyndora Avenue Harbord, black and yellow fan. Bottom: MARKINGS Deck: None Bottom: COLOUR Deck: Clear Bottom: Clear |
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| NOTES BOARD HISTORY Dimensions and photographs Bennett Surfboards, 21st June 2014. Many thanks to Barry and Greg Bennett. Catalogue No. ? Greg commented: "The board was built under his mother's house at Freshwater (Harbord), about this time Barry was building about three boards a week." SHAPER: Barry Bennett COMMENTS The board has an extreme pig templates and very relatively thin. The redwoood rails are extremely rare, possibly derived from the earlier Okinuinue hollow Malibus that were produced immmediately following the tour of American and Hawaiian surf-lifesavers in 1956. The redwood rails were also used by Bill Clymer on some of his balsa boards. Right: Surfriders and Bill Clymer Balsa Pig Surfboard, North Wollongong Beach, 1958. -Wollongong City Library: Images WOLLONGONG - Beaches - North Wollongong Beach [picture] 1956; 1950-1960. Image Number: P04/P04217. Permission pending. |
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 Redwood rail, detail.
Left: Press-ganged assistant holding #361 for photographs (apologies, name not recorded) Note the other boards:Dave Jackman's Gun, top, Dick Chapple-Tom Blake replica by Gordon Woods Bennett Stringerless by Geoff McCoy. |
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