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the catalogue #83

1973 Barry Taylor Flextail Kneeboard 5 ft 6"

#83

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Barry Taylor Surfboards 77 North Street Nowra
SHAPER: Unknown
DESIGN/ER: Peter Crawford
MODEL: Kneeboard slab with'flex' tail

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank, 1/8" redwood stringer, Volan glass tint laminate, tail-deck patch, resin gel coat decor, Handmade fibreglass fin box, post production r/h plug
DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	5	ft	8	inches
*Width :*	22	inches		*Wide Point :*		inches
*Nose :*	19 1/2	inches		*Tail :*	17 1/4	inches
*Thickness :*		inches		*Pod :*	11 1/2	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Other, Finbox :*	13	inches

FEATURES
Nose: round
Tail:   square
Deck:   flat rolled, and flat
Bottom:   flat, slight Vee
Rails: low soft, very thin in tailto 'flex' tail
Rocker: nose lift

FIN
8" x 5 1/2" - green/black laminated, stiff.
In 13'' fin box - hand molded in resin and fibreglass in two halves,
then bonded together (substantial cracking in this example)

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: ' Custom Barry Taylor Surfboards 77 North Street Nowra' black text in star at nose. Image right.
Bottom: Small Black 'Phoenix' , nose. Image below.
MARKINGS
Deck: None
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Blue tint laminate, yellow pinlines with multi tips
Bottom: Blue tint laminate, yellow foil around fin box.
Adhesive stickers :
1.'Piping Hot',
2. Rainbow graphic

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY: Purchased Nowra tip xxMarch 2000.
DESIGN HISTORY :
COMMENTS
The Phoenix logo derived from Mauritas, visited by Barry Taylor in 197x, before beginning production in Nowra.
The fin box is hand molded in resin and fibreglass in two halves, then bonded together (substantial cracking in this example). Proceeds introduction of molded plasic models, circa 1974.
The tail has been shaped to zero and a 2" glass section added, similar in execution to Greenough spoon, circa 1969. This tail however has no flex characteristics.
REFERENCES:
CONDITION: 4.

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