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1966        Keyo Malibu- Bob McTavish Tailor Made    9 ft 4 1/2" 
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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Keyo Surfboards 19 Sydnenham Road Brookvale Sydney
SHAPER: Bob McTavish
DESIGN: Sam -Thin rail Malibu
DESIGNER: Bob McTavish 
SPECIFICATIONS

CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank with 1/4" redwood stringer, glassed in Volan with 2" rail lap. 
DIMENSIONS
Length :
9
ft 4.5
inches L2:
Width :
 23
inches
Wide Point :
 0
inches
Nose :
 17
inches
Tail :
 16 .5
inches
Thickness :
 3
inches
Pod :
 6
inches
Nose Lift :
  inches
Tail Lift :
  inches
Weight :
  kilos
Volume :
  litres
Other :
  inches

 

FEATURES
Nose: Round
Tail:  Square
Deck:   Flat
Bottom:  Rounded
Rails:  Chamfered rail nose to sweet spot then thin 50/50 to tail
Rocker:

FIN
11.5" x 9" base x 13''span @ 4.5''
Laminated Greenough Stage II

Post-production leg-rope hole at rear.


DECOR
DECALS
Deck: Keyo Bob McTavish Tailor Made in orange and black script at rear sweet spot 
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck: 249 - pencil on rail
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Clear 
Bottom:
# 36 Keyo

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Purchased October 2006.
The previous owner had no knowledge of the board's history.
Repairs in Volan ...to come.
DESIGN HISTORY
Keyo Surfboards
Bob McTavish
COMMENTS: With the chamfered rails in the nose section, this is a highly unusual example of this design.
These models were virtually the last of the Malibu's (for the 1960's).

REFERENCES
Books
Nat’s Nat Pages 124 - 145 Text and photographs.
CONDITION: 8
# 36 Keyo
# 36 Keyo

McTavish Quiver, June 2207.

From left to right:
Keyo
Dale
Keyo
Bluebird
Sky

Also noted: Keyo-  By Bob McTavish Tailor Made



9ft 9” x 23”
Used as an advertising sign on a hotel wall from 1985:
Welcome to the Friend In Hand, Home of the No Names No II
No Names is the biggest seller of Spaghetti in the Southern Hemisphere.

NSW Surfriders Association Surfcraft Permit No 1 affixed behind the fin.





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