Very informative post and a terrific looking looking board.

Yer LSD,
You have certainly got it down pat. I thought I was getting it sussed, my last board only took me 12 hours to shape Like te flex blank idea, very clever.
Regards,
Scott

LSD said...
Hours breakdown;
Shape 3
FinBox & legrope plug .4
Seal EPS 1
Light sand .2
Glass bottom 1.3
Sand lap .2
Glass top 1.5
Fill bottom .5
Sand 1.5
Spray 1.5
Cut box & plug .2

12 or so hours

Have I forgotten anything?

Cured for 4 or so days @ up to 30 deg.

DJ should have some fin shots if you ask him nicely

Damn it! After watching "Shaping Epoxy 101" and "Glassing Epoxy 101" I thought I would be able to knock one up in 3 hours! Thats how long the vids went start to finish!

Had my first session in waves on the new board - only small high tide Cosy Corner(1foot at best and a bit fat) but it was warm and sunny and I ditched the booties and winter wetsuit. Another guy was out in boardies and vest - not bad for Victoria in late winter.

..... Back to the board - as I said waves were small & fat and needed a bit of work to catch. Caught about 20. Had to jump to the nose to catch them but when I did the increase in speed was impressive..... the nose concave at work

Trimming along the face I could get out on the nose easily and again the increase in speed was very noticeable.

Looking forward to some bigger waves to put the board thru its paces.

Dale