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the catalogue #24

1963 Balsa Malibu 9 ft 8"

#24

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

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Joined balsa planks with 1" redwood stringer and tailblock. Believed chambered. Fibreglassed
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	9	ft	8	inches
*Width:*	21/2	inches		*Wide Point:*	+ 3	inches
*Nose :*	17	inches		*Tail:*	14 1/2	inches
*Thickness:*	3 1/2	inches		*Pod:*	4	inches
*Nose Lift:*		inches		*Tail Lift:*		inches
*Weight*		kilos		*Volume:*		litres
*Other, Flyer/s:*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: Round with tip
Tail: Square
Deck: Flat
Bottom: Flat
Rails: Round
Rocker: Slight, more in tail

FIN
8 1/4 x 10 inch (base) @ 2 1/2 inches
Redwood with 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
COMMENTARY
Purchased 1980, Enfield, Sydney.
Previous ding repairs filled with dark Plasti-Bond, these were removed and all repairs completed with volan glass.
Legrope block added.
Board glossed and repairs sprayed by Jackson Surfboards, 1995.
The decision to spray has subequently been regreted.
This board is probably made by the same manufacturer and almost a copy of my second surfboard, see # 2.
REFERENCES:
CONDITION: 8, spray.

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