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the catalogue #2

1963 Balsa Malibu 9 ft 4 inch

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: possibly Wally Carlye
SHAPER: Unknown
DESIGN: (Sausage) Malibu
DESIGNER:

SPECIFICATIONS -estimations based on # 23
CONSTRUCTION
Joined chambered balsa planks with three 1" redwood stringers and 5 piece tailblock. Fibreglassed
DIMENSIONS
Length: 9 ft 6"      Width: 21 1/2"     Wide Point: +3"
Nose : 17"          Tail   14 1/2"       Pod:   4"           Thickness: 3 1/2"
(Other, Nose/L:       Tail/L:   Weight/Volume:)
FEATURES
Nose: Round with tip
Tail: Square
Deck:   Flat
Bottom: Flat
Rails: Round
Rocker: Slight, more in tail

FIN
8 1/4" x 10"(base)
redwood with 2 x 2 balsa strips and glass bead.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: None - possibly had foil or vinyl stickers
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck: none
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: clear
Bottom:

NOTES
HISTORY
Purchased circa 1963, by John Sentence, Llangollian Avenue Enfield, Sydney.Purchased by Frank and Betty Cater as Christmas present for Geoff Cater, 1965? Board reshaped as 8 ft Pintail, 1968, a disaster that confirmed the chambered construction.
COMMENTS: Almost copy of # 24.
REFERENCES:
CONDITION: 9

Above : Lynette Cater, Seven Mile Beach, circa 1966.
Photograph/Betty Cater,
Below : Diane Cater, Shoalhaven River, circa 1966.
Photograph/Betty Cater

Above : Geoff Cater, Seven Mile Beach, circa 1966.
Photograph/David Cater