9'7" ~ '62 Hobie Reproduction-Ready for the glasser

This is a US Blanks, Green Weight, 9-9B Blank with a chambered, ultra-light, 3" balsa stringer. I lowered the nose rocker to resemble my original Hobie, but left some tail rocker in it so it would turn a bit better than the original.
Rail. Deck and bottom contours are pretty much spot on to the original.
I'm expecting a 22 lb (+-) board after glassing; Double 6oz. both sides.

This one will get a full tint, a very light Mango (gold-ish yellow). It will have deck panels on each side of the stringer outlined in 2-tone purple, double pinlines.

Glasser: Michael Miller www.mmillersurfboards.com

This is the D fin for her, Figured Jatoba crotch wood, 1/2" bead, set 2-1/2" up.

This board is for sale when finished: $1200 I will post finished photos in about 2-3 weeks.

AK-4 Rudders for Steve's Pavel Quad

This quad set is for a Pavel Quad that Rich is shaping for Steve Schirmacher.
Single-foil lead fins, double-foil trailers. AK-4 template.
In these photos the fins are cheater-coated, ready to laminate. Then.....Off to Moonlight Glassing!

Woods: African walnut and quilted maple sandwich a thin figured bubinga veneer.

BIGGER WOOD ~ 9'7" 1962 Hobie template

Last Summer, Francesco and I built and shaped his, a 9-6 reproduction of my '62 Hobie.
This summer I'm doing Mine, a 9-7.....with a tad more wood.
3" balsa stringer 9-9B rocker (lowered). The wood is already ultra-light, but I'm using a green weight blank. So I chambered it anyway.

The tape line indicates the final shaped dimension of the blank. Plenty of room left for strength.

The glue-up.

My 9-7, template cut and ready to shape. 22" at the wide point.
Summer '09. Francesco's 9-6 with my '62 Hobie 9-6.

BIG WOOD ~ 7'2" Simm-21 for Dan Wenger

Rocker template on 2-1/2" wide, ultralight balsa stringer stock.

Glue up

Templated, ready to shape

Finished shape

Dans image selection wood-burned onto stringer, just forward of the fin set.

Dan's fin set. This board is getting a light mango (yellow-gold) tint glass job. It should look KILLER under these fins!

NEW; Marine Ply Tri sets for the Simm-21

I made these for Tim Elsner's 6'10" Simm-21 that I just finished shaping. The Simms come standard with a fin set done in laminated exotic hardwoods. Tim wanted something lighter in color and a bit more low-key, so he requested classic marine ply. Tim has requested a subtle wood burn motif on these. I don't know yet what the motif will be, but as Danny Partch has proved, Marine ply keels are a great place for it and they will undoubtedly be very cool.

BTW, my friend Danny and I have always shared inspiration and how-to tips in our fin making businesses. Check Daniel out at http://surfdesignsbydaniel.blogspot.com/

My Summer Glider Has Arrived!!

11'0" x 23 7/8" x 3-3/8". Reverse "D" template Quad set-up. Very subtle, single-into-double concave bottom. Glassed in Volan by Michael Miller. lAn 11-0, rail-turning rocket.

Reverse "D" template quads, Single-foil x 4. Woods: quilted maple and redwood burl.

Fin Biz

Here's a few new fin projects that have been keeping me away from the computer lately.

Marine ply, glass-on flex fins; 8.0~8.5~9.0 and 10.0.

Full foil. Glassed with 2 layers 6oz E-cloth both sides.

1/8" to 3/16" bead. Ready to glass on.

Marine ply, glass-on, single-foil Flex Keels for Yearwood Surfboards Fish.

Jatoba (Brazilian cherry) crotch-wood, glass-on, "D" template fin. Cheater-coated, ready to laminate. This one is still available!

New glass-0n templates in the works. These are the first of (2) custom sets for Daniel Stupar, based on his input and collaboration to "liven up" a favorite board he is currently riding. These will be marine ply in LokBox bases. Set #2, a variation of his Simm-21 fish glass-on quad set (outlined in red) is still on the drawing board. Stay tuned for the finished set-ups.