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the catalogue #215

1972 Bluebird by Bob McTavish 7ft 1 1/2"

#215

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Bluebird Surfboards Industrial Estate Byron Bay 2481 ph. (066) 85 6037
SHAPER: Bob McTavish
DESIGN: Pintail
DESIGNER: Bob McTavish
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION: Foam blank, 1/16" redwood stringer, tint laminate, spray/paint.

DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	7	ft	1 1/2	inches	*L2:*
*Width :*	18 1/8	inches		*Wide Point :*	+ve 6	inches
*Nose :*	11 3/4	inches		*Tail :*	9 1/4	inches
*Thickness :*		inches		*Pod :*	0	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Other :*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: pin
Tail: fine pin
Deck: slight rolled
Bottom: slight Vee
Rails: rolled low
Rocker: medium

FIN
7 1/2 '' v 5 1/2 '' (base) @6 1/4 ''
Laminated, brown
Leg rope hole at rear.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck
Bluebird (graphic) and
'Designed and Shaped by Bob McTavish'
black text and script, at sweet spot.(Above)
Bottom: 'by Bob McTavish' black script at sweet spot (Left)
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom: '.15.' at tail (Left)
COLOUR
Deck
Sprayed/painted blue and green marbled deck foil, laminated green tint rail overlap, black pinlines
Bottom: laminated green tint

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Purchased 2002 from
Minor repairs, nose and tail resin blocks and polish.
DESIGN HISTORY

COMMENTS
Extreme gun shape for North Coast point breaks.
Early use of spray/paint onto foam on the deck.
REFERENCES:
CONDITION: 8.

Terry Richardson
Bluebird Surfboard by Bob McTavish
Pipeline, Winter 1978 - 1979
Photographs : Darrell Jones
SURFER magazine
Volume 20 Number 1 January 1979 pages 50 - 51.
Cropped image, left.

Full version, originally a two page centre spread,
below.
Credited as...
Terry Richardson, Pipeline, experiencing the gut-wrench!
Photo : Darrell Jones

McTavish Quiver, June 2207.
From left to right:
Keyo
Dale
Keyo
Bluebird
Sky