The wind seemed really up and down today - I figured taking another rest day would be a good thing.
I ran some errands that had been waiting around to be done - and then it came down to changing out the mixing valves in the showers... or doing the rough shaping on No.45
Guess what won???
I used the electric planer to remove the bulk. And then I used a rough surform to get the general shape out of the blank.
Here is the top from the side view -
Top from the quartered front -
Bottoms up from the side -
And the bottom from the front quartered.
I'm trying a different shape for this prone foiling board. I'm trimming the tail thickness wise while still keeping the width. I'm going to keep the hard chines further forward. And I'm going to keep the bottom flat.
All these working together to make this board catch waves faster and easier (because I'm not getting any younger).
Right now I am thinking of going back to the rail band construction. I'll put flax and fiberglass on the top deck, the laminate my typical carbon bottom, and lastly 1" carbon tape along the rail to make the presentation cleaner (and serve as a parabolic stringer).
I want this board to be waxed up front (because I miss that feeling). I'll put a deck pad for the rear foot.
I'll target having this through final (preglassing) sanding by the end of the weekend. Which means it'll probably be closer to the end of next week.
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