Resin bands…

Nearly finished the resin bands… then just pinlines, gloss and polish to finish this one off finally. Been a little slow as had to prioritise the fish for September 17th Fry… more pics of those soon.

fishy…

Designed for the new Sprat-fish… The narrow base allows the fins to twist and act like a rudder, dramatically increasing the initialisation of the turn, and helping the water stay attached for tighter arcs without losing drive.

There will be a limited edition run of 12 sets in smoke glass, Lokbox fit. Two sets already spoken for. I’ll have them at the Fish Fry for anyone who wants a set, or drop me an email to order in advance to make sure you don’t miss out.

Fins in American Ash…

Glassing blues…

and bronzes and reds

The new 5’8 Sprat, the new 6’0 Porpoise, and the new 6’4 Atlantic POD… all nearing completion with subtle evolutions in the concaves rockers and foils.

Carbon Lumps from Ryan Lovelace

Great bonzer from Ryan Lovelace who has kindly let me reproduce is post here for Just Bonzers.

“A little experiment with the v.bowls template/concept, morphed into a shortboard foil and bonzer 5 fin setup. The deck borrowed knowledge from the Stage III experiment last year; creating a stiffer nose and tail and weakening the middle to create torsion and twist, as opposed to lengthwise bending: I glassed 3" carbon strips along the curves of the deck to give the shape/pattern some direction and control, also a bit of snap”

This board reminded me a lot of my Riddler in shape and the concept of blending hulls and bonzers in a nuggety sort of outline. Loving those carbon strips.

   

bonzer experiments

Came across this inspirational post by Ryan Lovelace in the US…

Tinting some…

Went in to the factory today to glass 4 boards… I only got 4 bottoms done in the end and a resin band… colours came out well. Carbon kevlar was interesting stuff… no easy way to trim it after it gels as nothing can cut it – should be really log-lasting then!

 

Busy day…

Finally got started on the resin band on the Joker. Pulled the tape at the perfect time . Daz glossing a Campbell Bros Bonzer 5. My porpoise taped up ready for tomorrows glassing marathon…   

EPS parabolic wood rail bonzer core

I’m not sure if i love or hate shaping EPS. It tears, spalls, then goes all fluffy and it sticks to everything… but i do seem to get on with it! This one is going high-tech… EPS core that will take a carbon-kevlar epoxy bottom, wood deck and wood rails sealed in a 4oz epoxy wrap. Strong light and very high performance. It’s quite complicated doing a core as you have make allowances in all the measurements for the wood etc… and the rails have to be glassed 100% square to get a good bond with the parabolics...  

This one will be 5’11 x 2 1/2 x 20 3/4 when finished. Any takers drop me a line.

   

G Wagens

Getting a bit carried away with my cars at the moment… somehow ended up with 2 1980s G-Wagens… unbelievable off road and great to get the dogs to and from the beach…

new Porpoise

Just finished the new Porpoise. For some reason I’m loving shaping more than ever right now, everything seems to be really flowing; I can’t put my finger on it but everything just seems right…

6’0” x 22” x 2 5/8”. This board came out beautifully with the Bernoulli bottom, this time a single concave into a double… and especially the tail that i wanted to be more mammalian, and that’s exactly how it came out with its subtle blended curves and deep incut…

This board is going to get pretty intense from here on in with an organic blue tint, tubercle fins and I am hoping to find the time to do gloss coat speed channels originally created by Peter St Pierre’s father.

  

take SPRAT 2

Was time to finally finish this one off, next a new resin tint with some unusual pigment i found.

I’m really loving this board… its a little bit fish, a little bit bar of soap, a little bit bonzer, a little bit hydrodynamic. I’m having a foil of my own made up for this board and they will be available to buy at the Fish Fry at Crackies in September or by mail. I’ll post the template another day.