Couldn’t wait until I had completely finished it. It will take a while to get the paint in, so I’ve just sprayed a bit of undercoat onto the rails where I sanded in the glass, waxed it up and taken it out for a paddle.
The weight has come out at about 7kgs, so it feels a lot better than the 11 footer for a start, but seems to paddle just as easily, and about as stable. But once on a wave the weigh and size difference is so noticeable. I need to take it out a few more times before I really get it dialled, but already it is so much fun and so much more responsive on a wave. It makes me think I should have gone shorter. The 11” fin means it doesn’t yaw any more than the 11 footer. Though it may not nose ride as well because it has a mango coloured fin. I should have got a blue one.
