HUTCHINSON 70s SINGLE FIN

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1970/71

To my mind there is some MP

  MOTE board influence in this board. 

Measurements.

6' 1/2" x 20 1/2" x 3 5/16"

Nose 14 1/2"

Tail 13 5/8"

Pod. Diamond @ 3 1/2" on flats.

Wide point fwd.

Cambered nose to flat through middle

to v through tail.

Rails 50/50 through nose.

80/20 through middle.

Tapering  80/20 through tail.

Flat North Coast speed shape foil.

Upright  9 1/2" fin.

Base 5 1/4"

6" from pod. 

Finished.

G & S POCKET ROCKET

Shaped by John Monie.

Glassed by Dave Wilson.

This board is still owned by its original owner.

It was built with the Wayne Lynch board below in mind.

It measures in at.

8' 5 1/2" x 22 3/4" x 3"

Nose 17 7/8"

Tail 13"

Production No 9415.

Fully cambered bottom.

Pinched rails.

Stage 3 fin.

Height 11 3/4"

Base 9 1/4"

9 3/4" from pod. 

Finished.

Extra lam on deck for knee paddling.

RUNNING MAN BARRY BENNETT

The owner of this board is the son

of the original owner.

He almost lost it to some one else

but managed to get it back. 

It measures in at.

9'6" x 21 3/4" x 3 1/2"

Nose 16"

Tail 15 3/4"

Pod 5 1/2"

Wide point 5 1/2" behind mid point.

Original pinlines and pigment work.

All the rocker is in the bottom.

The deck is almost flat.

Original 66/67 rego sticker.

Base 10"

Height 8 1/4"

1 3/4" from pod.

All finished and ready to hang.

Finally retired after almost 50 years.

BARRY BENNETT SINGLE FIN 5899

Shaped by

Russell Head.

Single flyer pintail.

Not a lot wrong with this board.

There were a few stressies on the bottom.

A few dings around the rails.

The fin needed re setting.

Gloss and polish.

It measures in at ^

                   

Foil.

RUNNING MAN BARRY BENNETT

I picked up this old beauty about

6 months ago with no intention of restoring it.

The more I looked at it,

the more I thought it may be worth doing.

It has a nice rocker and outline.

It has been said that the best of these

old logs have been surfed into oblivion.

Maybe this one, is one that has survived.

Just!

No fin.

Many dings.

Delams on deck from knee paddling.

And some genius has tried to reshape the nose.

It could be 6" shorter than original.

New section of stringer scarped into place.

Foam fitted, bonded

and shaped.

The board on the left is also a Bennett

from the same era.

I tried offering up the curves I have to it

and the one I eventually used

matches the the board pretty closely.

A new fin had to be made.

Gloss coats.

Foil.

This board is a rider.

It is going to get dinged and scratched.

I'll do the pigment work, if and when it is retired.

Maybe!

KEEN DAVIS No 122

8'9" x 21 1/2" x  3"

Nose 15 3/8"

Tail 15 1/4"

Pod 6"

As you can see from the image

this board was in pretty bad shape.

Lots of dings and discolouration.

The large rail ding to the right of the fin

was filled with car bog.

Water damage is clearly visable around the fin area.

The stringer under the fin was rotten and had to be replaced.

This is the 4th KD I have restored.

It is the 1st with a production number.

It is also the 1st with a regular D fin.

The other 3 had reverse D fins.

So I would place this board toward the end 

of the labels time based on the fin shape.

1962 to 1964.

Having said that.

The cut lap line on the bottom

is more representative of the early 60's.

Finished.

GORDON WOODS

Production No 6215

circa 1965

9'6 3/8" x 22 3/8" x 2 7/8"

Nose 17 1/4"

Tail 16 3/8"

Pod 7"

This board appears to have not seen to much action.

It only has a few dings, mainly at the nose.

It has only a few dents on the deck.

The fin has been torn out a some stage and replaced.

There is a fair bit of camber in the bottom.

With a nice rocker and pinched out rails.

Double 10oz volan top & bottom.

FARRELLY HULL

This is the board its owner

learnt to surf on.

It had seen better days.

A major delam on the tail.

3 inches of the fin had been

cut off and reshaped.

Both the tip of the nose and tail were missing.

And numerous dings, some filled with car bog.

Finished.

6' 8"x 20"x 3 5/8"

Nose 14 1/4"

Tail 13 1/4"

Fin 9 1/4"

Base 4 3/4"

9 1/4" from pod.

Pretty ugly.

Have a look here to see some

images or the repairs.

S deck and side slipper fin.

Bottom camber all the way through.

Rebuilt fin.

If you look closely

you can see the join where the new

section was added.