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the catalogue #210

1976 McCoy Reno Abelliro (sic, Abellira) Model 7 ft 2"

#210

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: McCoy Surfboards Lot 24 Cape Thompsons Road Avoca Beach ph.(04382-1541)
SHAPER: Unknown
DESIGN: Double flyer swallowtail
DESIGNER: Reno Abellira

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Fibreglassed foam blank, 1/4" redwood stringer, laminated pigment, pinlines, spray?, r/h plug

DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	7	ft	2	inches	*L2:*
*Width :*	19 1/2	inches		*Wide Point :*	+3	inches
*Nose :*	12 1/2	inches		*Tail :*	11 1/2	inches
*Thickness :*	2 7/8	inches		*Pod :*	3 3/4	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Swallow:*	2	inches

FEATURES
Nose: pin
Tail: double flyer swallow tail
Deck: flat with bevell in back third
Bottom: slight Vee through whole board, lighter at wide point.
Rails: low round, with bevell in back third
Rocker: medium

FIN
7 1/2" x 6 1/2" base
Brewer wide base
Clear laminated with multi colour resin splashes.
Image, left.

DECOR
DECAL/S:
Deck
Black McCoy script at sweet spot.
Black Designed by Reno Abelliro text in box, below
Bottom: Black McCoy script at sweet spot.
MARKINGS:
Deck: None
Bottom:
COLOUR:
Deck
Sprayed ? green deck panel, red rail lap with Zee lapcut at the wide point and matching blue and red (2/3rds) pinlines
Bottom: red, laminated pigment

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Purchasd Huskisson Tip, NSW, 1999.
Extensive tail repairs, largely due to leg rope damage.
Delaminating - cracked bottom decal.
COMMENTS
Made under license in Australia, McCoy also produced models from fellow Hawaiians, Barry Kanaiaupuni and Sam Hawke.
Strangely, Reno's surname is spelt incorrectly... Abellira not Abelliro.
REFERENCES
Other McCoy Surfboards
1. # 45 Keyo Egg - shaped by Geoff McCoy
2. #25 McCoy Rounded Pintail
3. #112 Cheyne Horan Lazor Zap
Magazines
Ad : "Design Through Development" in Surfing World magazine November 1974 Vol 20 #2
Articles
1. "Bruce Raymond's Surfboard Design" in Backdoor magazine # 8 August 1976
2. "Quivers" - Mark Warren/Bruce Raymond in Surfing World magazine 1977?
Vol 25 #1 pages 50 - 57.
CONDITION: 6.