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the catalogue #162

1972 Bennett Round nose - round tail 6 ft 10''

#162

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER:Barry Bennett Surfboards, 180 Harbord Road, Brookvale
SHAPER:
DESIGN: Round nose round tail
DESIGNER: Bob McTavish

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Dion foam blank, 1/4" redwood stringer, Volan glassed with tail patch, pin lines, fin fixed in internal box.
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	7	feet	0	inches
*Width:*	19	inches		*Wide Point:*	+ ve 5 1/2	inches
*Nose :*	14 1/4	inches		*Tail:*	12 1/2	inches
*Thickness:*	2 3/4	inches		*Pod:*	0	inches
*Nose/L:*		inches		*Tail/L:*		inches
*Weight:*		kilos		*Volume:*		litres
*Other:*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: round
Tail: round
Deck: flat
Bottom: flat
Rails: thick round with edge at deck
Rocker: medium

FIN
Single fin 8" x 6"? base
three way laminate? - green/white/black?
fixed in internal fin box.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck
.'B. B.' green diamond at sweet spot,
Red version image right.
Bottom: 'B. B.' green diamond at sweet spot
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Clear, with green laminated rail overlap
Bottom: green laminated tint

NOTES
HISTORY
Submitted by Dustin.
Sorry, Dustin - all your details went in latest email crash. Please contact again when possible.
Dustin #1 : Barry Bennett 6'10'' single fin mal, deck in excellent condition and bottom in
good condition with only two small stress cracks, took this down to BB and they dated
it as coming from 1974, photographed it and offered to buy it, so this one was a bit of a find.
Dustin #2: The BB is the template from that ad you put up on your website. BB identified this as being from 1972-1974. Black marks on the nose are from some idiot who has tried to patch dings with a strange substance. Some stress cracks in the bottom but otherwise in good condition. Bought in garage sale for $xx.
COMMENTS:
REFERENCES
Magazine
Advertisement : 'Bennett Surfboards :The Three Ingredients to a Quality Surfboard '
in Surfing World magazine Vol 16 # 1 1971? Template/fin images.Below.
CONDITION: 7

Advertisement 1972

Edited advertisment to highlight text description of models,
Original image courtesy of the Bennett family Archives.
Published in Surfing World Vol 16 No. 5 1972

Note
1. The text apparrently refers to the four boards in the top right hand corner.
2. These boards are shown lying down in the two photographs below.
3. Kneeboards and blue spoon.
4. Clear paddleboard.
5. Oval and circle decal variation.
6. Golden Breed decal , fifth board from right, top row.