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the catalogue #68

1975 Backyard Spoon deck Kneeboard 5 ft 7"

#68

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Backyard
SHAPER: Unknown
DESIGN: Spoon deck Kneeboard
DESIGNER: George Greenough

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Fibreglassed foam blank, 1/4"stringer, tint laminate. Post production R/h legrope plug.
DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	5	feet	7	inches
*Width :*	19 1/4	inches		*Wide Point :*		inches
*Nose :*	13 3/4	inches		*Tail :*	x15 1/4	inches
*Thickness :*		inches		*Pod :*	x10 1/4	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Other, Flyer/s :*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: round
Tail: rounded diamond
Deck: Dished/Spoon
Bottom: flat
Rails:
Rocker:

FIN
8 1/2" x 5 1/2" base
Greenough Stage II, laminated.
Leg rope hole

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: Hand drawn rooster head in semi circle, tail
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Yellow tint
Bottom: Yellow tint, hand painted 'G&S' logo black

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Puchased Cash Converters, Coffs Harbor May1998.
Severve dings, some repaired with Q-cells.
DESIGN HISTORY
Use of spooned deck to lower centre of gravity, derived from George Greenough's Spoon (see # 76, itself modelled on his original balsa wood design) but without the flex bottom.
Substantially increased floation, it was a favoured design of Rex Huffman, USA, circa 1974.
COMMENTS
Quality of the shape and original glassing indicate a high skill level for a backyard board
Note hand drawn decal.
The fin may be from a previous board.
The painted 'G&S' probably added later.
REFERENCES
See other Kneeboards at Paipo Catalogue
Web Page: My Paipo Boards and ...More. - page by Rod Rodgers, Baltimore Maryland.
CONDITION: 4.