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the catalogue #199

1972 Dick van Straleen Squaretail 7 ft 2 3/4''

#199

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Dick Van Straleen Surfboards, PO Box 26 Burleigh Heads 4220 Queensland
SHAPER: Dick Van Straleen
DESIGN:
DESIGNER: Dick Van Straleen

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank with redwood stringer, pigment laminated with tint laminated deck, right hand post production leg rope plug.
DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	7	ft	2 3/4	inches
*Width :*	18 1/4	inches		*Wide Point :*	+ 9	inches
*Nose :*	11 1/4	inches		*Tail :*	10 1/4	inches
*Thickness :*		inches		*Pod :*	4	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Rounded pod :*	1/2	inche

FEATURES:
Nose: pin
Tail: rounded square
Deck: rolled
Bottom: light vee - flat - light vee
Rails: Down boxy rails, hard in the tail
Rocker:

FIN
6 1/2" x 6" base @ 6 inches
Thick foil
Laminated fibreglass

DECOR
DECALS
Deck
Dick Van Straleen Surfboards,
PO Box 26 Burleigh Heads 4220
- red script - see left
Bottom :
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom
877 and 7-3 in pencil, each side of the stringer at the tail.
COLOUR
Deck: blue tint laminate to rail lap
Bottom: red pigment laminate.

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Photographs and dimensions, January 2004.
Thanks to Scott Anderson.
DESIGN HISTORY

MANUFACTURER'S HISTORY
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COMMENTS
REFERENCES: See # 69 and # 86
CONDITION: 8