| 1967
Gordon Woods, Stringerless Wide tail 8 ft 7" |
#301
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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER:
Gordon
Woods Surfboards, 208 Harbord Road Brookvale
NSW
SHAPER:
Unknown
DESIGN:
Stringerless
wide tail
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SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Stringerless foam
blank, Volan glassed with 2" rail overlap.
DIMENSIONS
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Length
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8
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feet |
7 1/2
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inches |
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Width
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23
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inches |
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Wide
Point:
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-ve
7
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inches |
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Nose
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18
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inches |
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Tail
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18
1/2
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inches |
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Thickness
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inches |
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Pod
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12
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inches |
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Nose/L
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inches |
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Tail/L
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inches |
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Weight
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kilograms |
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Volume
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litres |
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Chamfer:
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1 1/2
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inches |
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FEATURES
Nose:
round, thin
Tail:
square, chamfered pod
Deck:
rolled
Bottom:
flat, round, soft round.
Rails:
50/50
Rocker : medium |
FIN
12 1/2" x 8" base
@ 7 1/2'',
Laminated fibreglass.
Greenough |
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DECOR
DECALS
Deck: Gordon
Woods
blue/green/red psychedelic script at left, forward sweet spot.
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom: 7009
-pencil at tail, behind fin.
The second 0
is obsured and is a best guess.
COLOUR
Deck:
Clear, laminated rail overlap.
Bottom:
Clear,
laminated rail overlap. |
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NOTES
BOARD HISTORY:
Photographs and
dimensions, 24 May 2004.
Surf's Up
at Gerringong,
3/1 Noble Street
Gerringong NSW 2534. Phone 02 4234 0208.
Thanks to Scott
and Angela Anderson.
DESIGN HISTORY
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A brief design phase,
note wide tail and chamfered pod, direct precedent to the Vee Bottom, mid-1967..
REFERENCES:
Other Gordon
Woods Boards
1965
Stringerless #110
1966
Malibu #170
1968
Tracker #305
CONDITION:
6,
extensive staining |
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