Very latest wing board

[Wooddave]

Beautiful as ever,, I wish you weren't building them on the other side of the world,, I would buy one in a hearbeat. I've been thinking about building a convex wing because I'm interested to see how they would handle the vertical sections ( not that I see those much), unfortunately I don't currently have a shop that I can build out of, I hope that changes soon..

[CHRISPI]

Thanks Dave, post some drawings, so we can see, That’s one big plus building short boards , you don’t need a lot of space to start building them

[Wooddave]

I plan on starting with basically a version of my foil turned up side down with no fins on the sides, I think I've taken a picture of it mocked up before I will look around for it.
My problem really isn't the space, it's the smell and the dust. My garage is attached to a common area in my condo so it limits what is possible there. But I just started a new job so hopefully I'll be able to afford to rent a little workshop somewhere close.

[CHRISPI]

I think home builders should use epoxy, but dust is the biggest problem to me

[CHRISPI]

Here is my next project. Card board models help me visualise the construction prose’s, I feel it’s better than drawing prototypes I get an all angle fell and prospective, this project will be a full size board . Body boarders would call it 40’’. The big difference is the bow wave splitter or you could call it a shock wave propagator.

[CHRISPI]

Fitting the corrugated stringers, to the horizontal fin plate, I have tried to improve roll with the domed pin tail and the fin tips forward. It’s difficult to describe this rail type.

[CHRISPI]

This is upside down ,it is felling strong.

[bgreen]

Chrispi,

What sort of foam are you using? Looked pretty coarse celled.

Bob

[CHRISPI]

It is Airex core foam, I found by laminating two or more sheets with 6 oz cloth I can press form the rocker, concaves etc into the foam using simple tools .That’s a 1m ruler

[bgreen]

Chrispi,

I reckon you could just about glass that top section as is, without the hydrofoil, and have an interesting finless board.

Bob

[CHRISPI]

The pictures don’t show the contours very well, but the bottom contour came out well, may be the next board will be wingless

[CHRISPI]

Looks slick I like the way this foam holds the pressed in curves, it is still a bit flimsy. I plan to place a backbone ridge plate on the deck like the cork boards

[bgreen]

Making a wingless board of the same design as the winged one might make for interesting comparisons.

[soulglider]

what kind of glass can you use on this type of foam, epoxy or poly?

[CHRISPI]

You can use both but I will stick with epoxy. I have only ridden winged boards for the last 15 years what will happen if I find wingless is better my brain will explode?! You can get lost going down thies obscure pathways ? But its FUN

[CHRISPI]

[CHRISPI]

Exceeded the commonsense rule by a long way on this one, its much cleaner without the rear centre strut. The weight so far is 2kg. Will it twist apart?

[bgreen]

Chrispi,

I don't recall reading that you'd been riding these boards for 15 years. What were you surfing before? What got you started on this trip?

Bob

[CHRISPI]

Body surfing, knee boarding, and body boarding. I loved body boarding the most, but I did a silly thing I asked why body boards have not changed in years? and tried to answer that question ever since

[CHRISPI]

The glassing is finished, the strut s have finished well, and the idea on this one is to clean up the water flow between the split decks. The final sanding has revelled some pleasing lines