Robert, Gary and Darren
My Pig is finally finished and today was waxed up and had her maiden surf in clean 4' Torquay Point. It seems a long time since the April workshop but I have squeezed in a trip to Hawaii and a 9000 klm drive to the Kimberley region but good things come to those who wait.
After a lot of shaping and sanding, two coats of epoxy, more sanding, 5 coats of marine varnish with more sanding she is done. I changed the fin to one with more area that I got in Hawaii. It has a silk fabric laid up in the resin and really suits the wooden board. The design of the logo also took some time as I had to track down the right medium, heavy glossy Japanese rice paper tissue, to print onto. I made a treetosea leaf to cover where we miss drilled the legrope plug and had to do a patch up.
The board goes great you can really feel the energy and momentum in the board as you paddle into a wave. I think I could have shaped the rails better in the middle they are a bit boxy but the tail is perfect and has a little hard edge and turns beautifully off the back foot.
I had many stuff ups with the coating of the board, applying too thick and too quick after a previous coat resulting in crazing but I sanded out all the stuff ups, ironed out all the dints I put in the board and came out with something I am very proud of.
Thanks for showing me the method I am so very prod of what I have achieved and everyone in the water and on the beach think I have the coolest board on the coast and I made it.
Regards
Rodney
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| Rodney and his board at Torquay |
