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1972 Bennett Round nose - Round tail 6 ft 8'' #362
MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Barry Bennett Surfboards, 180 Harbord Road, Brookvale 
SHAPER:
DESIGN:   Round nose- Round tail, Double-ender, Paddle Pop Stick.
 DESIGNER: Bob McTavish
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Dion foam blank, 1/4" redwood stringer, Volan glassed, fin fixed in internal box, post-production r/h leg-rope plug.
  DIMENSIONS
Length:
6
feet  9
 inches L2
 		6ft 8''
Width:
 18.5 inches
Wide Point:
+ 5
 inches
Nose :
14
inches
Tail:
12
 inches
Thickness: 
2 3/4
 inches
Pod:
0
 inches
Nose/L: 
inches
Tail/L:
inches
Weight:
kilos
Volume:
litres
Other:
inches



FEATURES
Nose: round
Tail:  round 
Deck:   flat 
Bottom:  flat 
Rails: soft down round
Rocker:  medium
FIN
Single fin  8.5" x 5.5'' base x 8.25'' span @ 5'' 
three way laminate? - green/white/black? 
Fixed in internal fin box.

No fin photographs.
DECOR
DECALS
Deck: B. B. green-yellow diamond at sweet spot, .
Bottom: B. B. blue-red diamond at the nose.
MARKINGS
Deck:  7476, pencil at tail
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Clear, with green laminated rail overlap
Bottom: green laminated tint
NOTES
HISTORY
Dimensions and photographs Bennett Surfboards, 21st June 2014.
Many thanks to Barry and Greg Bennett.
Catalogue No. ?
 
COMMENTS:
On the day, Bennett employees recalled this template was commonly referred to as a Paddle Pop Stick.
 A general, all purpose design, it is perhaps an early version of what is now termed a Mini-Mal or, as indicated in the press release below, a Fun-board, noted as "noseride's (sic) the best of all shapes."

REFERENCES
Magazine 
Advertisement : 'Bennett Surfboards :The Three Ingredients to a Quality Surfboard ' 
in Surfing World Vol 16 # 1 1971? Template/fin images.Below.
CONDITION: 7


Advertisement 1972

Edited advertisment to highlight text description of models,
Original image courtesy of the Bennett family Archives.
 
\
Surfing World
Vol 16 No. 5 1972
Note
1. The text apparrently refers to the four boards in the top right hand corner.
2. These boards are shown lying down in the two photographs below.
3. Kneeboards and blue spoon.
4. Clear paddleboard.
5. Oval and circle decal variation.
6. Golden Breed decal , fifth board from right, top row.

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Geoff Cater (2014) : #162 Bennett Roundtail, 6ft 10'', 1972.
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