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the catalogue #106

1971 Pat Morgan Twin fin 1 6ft 7''

#106

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Pat Morgan Surfboards,17 Anderson St Torquay Victoria Phone: Torquay 720
SHAPER: possibly Pat Morgan
DESIGN: Twin fin 1
DESIGNER: Mike Eaton / Rolf Arness / Corky Carroll / David Nuuihwa, all USA

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank, stringer?, two colour pigment Volan laminate. Post production legrope plug.
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	6	ft	7	inches
*Width:*	19 1/4	inches		*Wide Point:*	x -ve 4	inches
*Nose :*	x13 3/4	inches		*Tail:*	x15 1/4	inches
*Thickness:*	x	inches		*Pod:*	x10 1/4	inches
*Nose Lift:*		inches		*Tail Lift:*		inches
*Weight*		kilos		*Volume:*		litres
*Other, Flyer/s:*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: round, very thin
Tail: rounded diamond
Deck: S deck, flat section from sweet spot to tail with chine above the rail line.
Bottom:
Rails:
Rocker:

FINS
Twin multi laminated fins,
approx 7'' x 4'' base.
Note Symetric foil.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: Three green circles graphic and
'Pat Morgan Surfboards,17 Anderson St Torquay. Phone: Torquay 720' in black text along stringer
Image below, thanks to Daniel Prior, March 2005.
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Orange pigment laminate with purple rail lap. White pin-lines
Bottom: Purple pigment laminate with winged white pin-lines

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Puchased new in 1971. Bought 18 months later by friend, Bob Hazelton, Sydney. Photographs and dimensions 1996.
COMMENTS
Medium ding in bottom, black tape on nose (shows in photographs)
Length probably adjusted for Victorian conditions.
REFERENCES:
Decor very similar to that of a Twin fin 1 ridden by Corky Carroll in John Severson's Pacific Vibrations, 1971.
See Walsh Twin fin I # 71.
Twin fin 2 see Mark Richards' # 40.
CONDITION: 8, black tape -1.