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1978  Friar Tuck Twin-fin Slab Kneeboard  5 ft 6.5" 
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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Friar Tuck Kneeboards, 236 Harbord Road, Brookvale, (02) 938-3270
SHAPER:  Craig McDonald
DESIGN:  Twin-fin Slab
DESIGNER: Peter Crawford 
SPECIFICATIONS

CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank with 1/4" redwood stringer, multi-sprayed, two 10" fin-boxes, R/hand plug.
Post-production professional repairs in red resin on the tail and right-hand rail.

DIMENSIONS
Length :
ft
 6.5
inches
L2:
5ft 5.75''
Width :
 23.5
inches
Wide Point :
 +ve 5
inches
Nose :
 20
inches
Tail :
 18
inches
Thickness :
 2 .75
inches
Pod :
 12
inches
Nose Lift :
  inches
Tail Lift :
  inches
Weight :
  kilos
Volume :
  litres
Flyers :
 0.25 inch @
13''
 

FEATURES
Nose: round
Tail:  rounded diamond
Deck:  flat
Bottom:  flat, with vee through the tail.
Rails: round with edge
Rocker:
FINS
(Twin) 5.75" x 4" base  x 7.5 span,  set @ 18.5''
Inside flat, foiled on the rail side.
Three way laminate-
yellow, white, orange.
The screw tongues are located at the rear.
Two 10" fin-boxes, toed-in @ 13''- black.



DECOR
DECALS
Deck: FT graphic- yellow,red and black and Friar Tuck Surf Design, 236 Harbord Road, Brookvale, (02) 938-3270 at sweet-spot-  black text.
Shaped by Craig McDonald, graphic and text- black at pod.
Bottom:  FT graphic and Friar Tuck Surf Designs, 236 Harbord Road, Brookvale, (02) 938-3270  offset on each rail, small- black text.
MARKINGS
Deck:  2119 - pencil on stringer at the tail.
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Clear, before repairs in red resin.
Bottom: Red spray with clear hour-glass panels, yellow resin curves.

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Bought second-hand as a back-up board from Barry Taylor Surfboards, South Nowra, circa 1977-78.
Generously donated by Alan Jones, Shoalhaven Heads, in 2014.

Post-production professional repairs in red resin on the tail and right-hand rail.
Left: Alan Jones, Little Avalon, circa 1968.
Photographer:Terry Dessaix, Dee Why.
http://www.dysf.com.au/1960.html

COMMENTS

DESIGN HISTORY
Originally designed by Peter Crawford in 1969 at Wallace Surfboards (name credited to Midget Farrelly) as an alternative to the low floatation Greenough Spoon, the Slab has been in constant production in all fin combinations.

The twin fin-boxes are in the established tradition of kneeboard fin variation and experimentation.




REFERENCES
Other Kneeboards
See Paipo Catalogue

Magazine Articles

Crawford,Peter : ''Peter Crawford on Kneeboards''
Surfing World magazine, Volume 20 Number 1 October 1974 pages 17 - 20.

Books

McGinness : How to Ride a Surfboard  Chapter 6.
McGinness : Surfing Fundamentals   Chapter 6.
Nat Young :Surfing Fundamentals  pages 112 - 115. Article by David Parkes
CONDITION: 8







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Geoff Cater (2015) : #262 Friar Tuck Twin-fin Slab, 5ft 6'', 1978.
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