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the catalogue : #343 
1985.   Friat Tuck Four fin Kneeboard     5ft   7".
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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Friar Tuck Surf Design,  Byron Bay NSW. Phone 066 857350
SHAPER: Dale Ponsford
DESIGN: Four fin Kneeboard Slab
DESIGNER:
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION 
Foam blank, 1/16'' redwood stringer, pigment laminated fibreglass, resin decor, finboxes, right hand legrope plug.
DIMENSIONS
Length :
5
feet  7 1/2 inches L2: 5ft 7''.  
Width :
23 1/2
inches  
Wide Point :
+ve 5
inches
Nose : 
20
inches  
Tail : 
16 1/2
inches
Thickness :
 2 1/2
inches  
Pod :
11
inches
Nose/L: 
  inches  
Tail/L :
  inches
Weight :
  kilograms  
Volume:
  litres
Diamond:
 + 1 1/2
inches  
 Flyers:
16
inches
FEATURES:
Nose: round
Tail: diamond, with flyers.
Deck: flat with rail channels at fins
Bottom: flat with distinct vee behind fins.
Rails: round low
Rocker: medium
FINS
Two Dion Chemicals 10 inch Fin boxes @ 14 inches.
Two white laminated fibreglass 5 1/4 inch x 5 3/4 inch base x 7 1/2 inch span
Fitted with rear fin cams.

Two Dion Chemicals 6 1/2 inch Fin boxes @ 21 1/2 inches
Two white laminated fibreglass 2 1/2 inch x 3 1/2  inch base x 4 inch span.
Fitted with front fin screws - brand?
Image right

DECOR
DECALS
Deck:
Friar Tuck script in black at tip along stringer.
Two FT - Friar Tuck Surf Design,  Byron Bay NSW. Phone 066 857350 script on rails at sweet spot.
Small black lion head graphic and Dale Ponsford script at tail. Below.
Bottom: Friar Tuck  in black large script offset at nose. Above.
MARKINGS
Deck: 5'7'' pencil along stringer at tail.
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Clear with red laminated pigment rail lap and black resin gel thick pinlines.
Bottom: Red laminated pigment and black resin gel decor.
NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Purchased ????

Dimensions and photographs 11th April 2009.
DESIGN HISTORY
Following the success of Simon Anderson's Thruster in 1981, several variations in fin placement and size were tried, one being the Four fin by Glen Winton from the Central coast, NSW in 1981.

- Young: Fundamentals (1985) page 102. 
The four fin, Cheyne Horan's Winged keel and the return of Bonzer side fins (in a five fin configuration) all had some limited application, but with the introduction and popularity of plug fin systems in 1990, the basic thruster set up has maintained its superiority.
COMMENTS: 
REFERENCES:
Other Kneeboards 
Jackson/Greenough Spoon # 76
Barry Taylor Flextail # 83
Spoon deck Kneeboard # 68
Crozier Slab # 58
Also see Paipo Catalogue
Magazines
CONDITION: 8, minor bottom repairs deep ding on right hand flyer

 




John Ware : The Fluted Diamond-Tail Kneeboard
Surfing World  magazine Vol 25 # 3 July 1977 pages ?
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