New board build

[CHarvey]

So I made another fish for one of my co-workers. He requested a 5'10" fish with the following dims:
5'10"x17 3/8" (1' from nose)x20 3/4" (3" front of center)x16 3/4" (1' from tail)x11" and 2 5/8" thick
Board is going to be a twin keel and has a very slight single into a slight double concave for the bottom. Took me 4 hours start to finish with a beer break.

Just finished the board and cleaned up my hands enough to handle my camera

Tail of the board. Found it easier to cut this in with a fine toothed hack saw blade.

Top of the board next day.

Close up of the nose

Rail up on the nose.


Looking forward to hearing what you guys think.

[billie_morini]

thanks for sharing these photos, CHarvey. It's always very interesting to see these wonderful boards.

[BoarderDave]

Thing looks like a marshmallow from the overhead pics.. lol. Looks normal when you see the looking directly down the nose though. Good looking shape man.. never ridden a fish, so I have no idea how that shape looks compared to others.. but looks cool man. Good job.

Is it going to get any special art?

[isaluteyou]

looks good to me nice and meaty woulda been great for this small slop we been getting

What sorta artwork you going for or you gonna glass the decal on? Speaking of glassing who you gonna go with.

Look forward to seeing the final result

[CHarvey]

These are the pics the artist sent to me of the artwork the customer requested. Wouldn't have been my choice but it was done very well.





More to come after I get it glassed.

[CHarvey]

I think I am going to send it down to TNT glassing as I have a hook up there through the shop I shape at.

[isaluteyou]

artworks very well done not my cup of tea either though. Had to take a double look as i almost thought the back of the board has something pornagraphic going on

Im assuming this board is for a girl well im hoping it is

TNT is a good choice so i have heard

[CHarvey]

Unfortunetly the board is for a guy. I told him he had better tear it up on that board to make up for the paint job.

[sebastiansurfer]

is there any possible chance your co worker is GAY

umm id be a tad careful bending over to get files or something
hahhahhahaha
great shaping job though
u gonna use polyester or epoxy?

[CHarvey]

The guy is married. A front? Who knows, but thankfully he is in another office.
Will be using polyester though.

Thank you for the compliments.

[tomcat360]

Looks good dude! I can't say the paint design is my favorite but it looks well executed.

What kinda fin set up is going in it?

[CHarvey]

Thanks Tom.
It's going to be a twin keel FCS fin system.

[tomcat360]

So did you do the art work on it? missed that part.....air brush stencils?

[CHarvey]

Had another artist do the work as he was a friend of the guy i shaped the board for. Yep, stencils.

[essex sucks]

looks nice