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appendix : rail design 
rail index
mid rails
Square Rail
Common in many hollow timber boards, primarily due to construction restrictions.
Rounded Square Rail
Common shape on many solid timber boards
Round Rail
Standard on early glassed boards.
Pinched Rail
 
Chine Rail
Common Boogie board rail.
Soft Round Rail
Soft Pinched Rail
 
Hard Round Rail
 
Hard Pinched Rail
 
Curved
Detailed
Multi stringers that twist or cross. Extremely rare.
See # 127 below.
Detailed stringers by John Rhodes/Tony Nicholas Sufboards, Cronulla NSW, circa 1966
Inserts
Not real stringers but timber inserts added post production, usually to repair and strenghten broken/cracked boards.
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