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the catalogue #350

1967 Farrelly, Stringerless 9 ft 0"

#350

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Farrelly Surfboards, P.O. Palm Beach N.S.W.
SHAPER: Midget Farrelly (possibly Warren Cornish)
DESIGN: Stringerless
DESIGNER: Midget Farrelly

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Stringerless foam blank, Volan glassed with 2" rail overlap, post production legrope plug in centre.

DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	9	ft	0	inches	*L2:*
*Width :*	*23	inches		*Wide Point :*	- ve 5	inches
*Nose :*	18	inches		*Tail :*	18	inches
*Thickness :*		inches		*Pod :*	8	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Other :*		inches

*Italics are estimated dimensions.

FEATURES
Nose: round, thin
Tail: square, chamfered pod
Deck: slightly rolled
Bottom: slight concave, soft round, vee from the fin to pod..
Rails: 50/50
Rocker : medium

FIN
12 1/2" x 8" base @ 7 1/2'',
Laminated fibreglass.
Midget Farrelly.Fathead

Midget was supplying a variation on this design in 1995:
Midget Farrelly Fathead Fin
Laminated fibreglass and cloth
Fin box.
See below.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: Farrelly, PO. Palm Beach N.S.W.; black script; left at the rear sweet spot; image above right.
Bottom: SURFBOARD BY FARRELLY; red, yellow, green; on the nose.
A rare decal for Farrelly, note the singular SURFBOARD.
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom: Midget Farrelly Coolangatta 1996 - black marker pen above the decal.
COLOUR
Deck: Clear, laminated rail overlap.
Bottom: Clear, laminated rail overlap.

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY:
Photographs and dimensions, May 2011 by Garry Crockett.
Garry located the board in preparing exhibit pieces for
Surf City Exhibition
Museum of Sydney, September 2011.
Many thanks to Garry and ?? ??.
See the Surf City Blog at: http://blogs.hht.net.au/surfcity/
DESIGN HISTORY :
An exquisite example of a brief design phase, note slight vee bottom in the tail and the chamfered pod, a direct precedent to the Vee Bottom, mid-1967.

Significantly prompted by the boom in noseriding and Nat's World Contest win with a high aspect Greenough fin in 1966, this design by Midget was one of many variations of the period.
He was supplying a variation on this design in 1995.
Image right: Midget Farrelly Fathead Fin, 1995.
Laminated fibreglass and cloth, Fin box.

See History: a period of transition 1967-1968

REFERENCES:
Other Stringerless Boards
1965 Stringerless #110
1966 Malibu #170
1968 Tracker #305
CONDITION: 9, note legrope plug.

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