A wooden fish

Hello srfmd, since you build wooden boards and live in Maine you should get over too tree to sea and connect with Kurt from the maritime museum, he's making a wooden surf board documentary about dudes like us in Maine who surf and build their own craft. Send me a pm if this is something your interested in. I think he was looking for a few more people to feature in the short film.

 

Thanks old soul !

This thing is ridiculously light weight. 8 lbs before the resin coats

 

Rasta color theme

 

No there will be no latex doll in the wooden board film, that's completely ridiculous. Yeah this board isn't for me so I won't be saying how it feels under my feet but the dude who's taking this board has expectations.

That other board I built , well I cut the fin off and put it on the wall in the living room.., it's a tad bit heavy. Cedar is heavy, paulownia is the best, it's easy to get a light board.

The irony with puck u Yankee is the point, it's hilarious right ? I'll say it in this thread, I'm not the man who beats the latex doll. But I will continue to curate the surfer fight club

 

Thanks mike, it's almost done. I can't wait to hear feedback too. Here check this out :https://vine.co/v/hEAnaxgqBY7

https://vine.co/v/hEArADO6QbM

Ah puck you Yankee !!

https://vine.co/v/hH6B6mPOwbV

 

Finally finished this thing. Final weight is 12 lbs. I can get it lighter next time I reckon http://instagram.com/p/iMNUdKR3PN/

Try not to troll my Instagram too hard guys but I don't care really just thought this video was a good one to show off this build.

 

Thanks r carter. I'm sorry about your banishment too that's really messed up.

 

The board carries it's volume equally throughout the plan shape and rocker so yeah the rails are thicker than a typical fish, plus it's profile isn't foiled (tapered in thickness of deck to bottom) so I actually packed in 33 liters of volume into a board that has a thinner thickness than a similar fish of equal length and width.

350 in paulownia wood and 100 in resin about. The epoxy coloring is like 20 bucks. That's it really. Some glass on the inside to add strength to the 5 mm deck and bottom. Resin seal on the outside, no cloth. I'm doing some fish now that are only getting oil to seal as well.