Hey Hardie is that board finished yet?????
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a.k.a. KA202

Hardies being rather reserved here me thinks

He's been wandering around with woody all week hanging to get it wet.

I hope the stains wash out when he eventually christens it.


Alby


Born Ugly, Just got better at it

Send pic to lozza I'm sure He'll be able to post it.


a.k.a. KA202

The wee beastie looked real sweet on the water on the weekend.

Da boyz created a nice unit

Alby


Born Ugly, Just got better at it

JJJJEESSUSSS if thats your first board please dont make any more as you will put the rest of us old board builders out of business . looks a bit to good .How good did it feel the first time you where planing only a board builder knows,welcome to the other side .Well done

YEAH BABY that's a big MOMMA !
Good idea with those holes for an offset strap, whats the tail width 1' from the tail? and the most important question....where did you get those jump pads from??????
What size and style of fin and fin box?
Now we will all know who owns that board out on the h20,[}:)] you'd better be polite on the forums from now on

a.k.a. KA202

It's my first go at building a board, but in reality I was lucky to do more than about 5% of the board, the rest 95% was the skill and experience of Decrep.

I am a total butcher when it comes to hands on things (26 years desk and office bound), Decrep recognised this early, and banned me from touching the board after I sanded threw a rail line.

To give you another example of what a butcher I am, I put the first crack in the board before taking it out of the garage for it's first sail. I had four fins in my hands, and turned abruptly, the weed fin flew out of my grasp and into the board with it's sharpest edge cracking through the carbon layer......., phuck did I kick the schit out of myself for that one..Lord of the Imbeciles, a total phuckwit

So no credit to me for the board.

It's beautiful to sail though, it feels sweet, and that's in conditions it wasn't built for

Jump Pads from Stone Surf, he had them made by Katana I think.

Fin Box Tuttle, Using a weedy at moment bec of strong winds, will use a range of Tuttle fins I have, to see what works well with what sails. The 1' of the back width haven't measured yet?

Polite on the forums MWA!! The problems on these forums as with emails, it's so hard to work out what someone is really like or on about. Everyone projects their own stuff when reading emails and forum posts. Some people have got a very wrong impression about me from these forums, ce la vit. The true me you only get to know in person, if you end up proving trustworthy.

Hardie (Lemon Man)

SWEEEEEEET!! She's a BEAUT!!!!!!!!!!

(sung to old Beatles tune...)
"Hardies ri-ding the yellow planing machine, the yellow planing machine, the yellow planing machine..."

Well done Guys! It must feel so good Hardie!



Getting gone!!!
Seaton

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Originally posted by slowlearner
Any chance you would like to post a more detailed description about all you have learned regarding design, your construction method and where you sourced your materials from? I don't know much about rocker and vee which I have seen a few posts on. What did you decide on and how did you get there?

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Slow learner,
Hardie's started a thread (I'm sure from notes he was taking while we built his board), about building the board

If you check the thread he started before we built the board (board building supplies), you'll see there are heaps of responses re suppliers.
Hardie had a rushed trip to Perth so didn't have time to check them out properly. He got all the material we needed from Summit Chemicals and Stuart Bell

Rocker and V have to be tailored to the purpose of the board.
The requirements of this board was early planning in the ocean, so it's got reasonable rocker up front, but not a lot at the back. No v at the front, starts about middle of board builds to a max around the fin, about 5mm.

decrepit

Big Smile,

Board alive and kicking,

materials cost about $1500.00,

But probably had about $500-700 worth stuff left over!

damn hardie thats too much info

The offshore spot is a long way off, only breaks 3m+, 1 to 2 km, it's pretty scary won't ever do it again on my own, need boat support, but boats are hard to get out when it's 3m+ and windy...

Forget it really unless your mentally challenged such as my self..

There are safer spots than the offshore one

I've missed you so much............

The eyes, the sweet smell of your beer breath, the tenderness of your touch..........

I hate work, it keeps me away from you!!!!!!!

aha hardie, after the brutal killing and mass slaughter of those pesky clones i thought you would never talk to me again.

Please let us reconviene in a more suitable room for some more.......... how i have missed you.........
but now we are reunited in our passion to share our considerable knowledge....can you hear that yes that the 'CLUNK' that my friend is the wonderous sound of the two minds meeting.....

I am so happy i could ****

Yes I'm a little sick of empire building at the momemnt. My Ministries are looking for guidance at the moment, any ideas you intelligent readers of this forum have will be giving due consideration for future assessment.

Looking forward to your suggestions

Johno

I have read your response and have a warm growing sensation within me,

However, the last financial deal I did, didn't go so well, so that fishing trip will not be in the luxury liner (ala the greg norman boat on TV) as planned but in a well used 4.4m Stacer Runabout, ........ you make one wrong investment and the banks never forgive you.........

Anyway, The esky will be full of our favourite beverages and my Chinese love from Chogging will accompany us with one of her friends from the modelling agency they work for (Got tired of my American girlfiend from Atlanta, or was it she dumped me?), so we won't get bored if the fish don't co-operate, I have organised for them to provide us with lessons in Cantonese, until the fish come on the bite of course....

Must go catch soon!