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storagejawa
Joined: 24 Jun 2013 Posts: 2
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:35 am Post subject: Vintage Wooden Windsurfer, Wishbone & Mast in So. Cal |
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Hey everyone! I'm hoping you guys might be able to shed some light on this neat board I found in a storage locker recently. It's got a wooden wishbone design with a sail that fits it. The center-board hole and fin are both heavily surrounded with flathead screws which I thought was odd but a surf-buddy told me this was how some early wooden surf boards were done also.
I have put up a bunch of pictures on pinterest so that I don't spam the thread with large images. I'm curious what you all think!
http://pinterest.com/storagejawa/vintage-wooden-windsurfer/
-Chris
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spennie
Joined: 13 Oct 1995 Posts: 975 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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Firewood?
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norcom
Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 137
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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Lets see some action shots with it!
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storagejawa
Joined: 24 Jun 2013 Posts: 2
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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I know it's sea worthy days are behind it but I think it will display really nicely. But then a lot of folks call me crazy... I don't think my photos have done it justice but I'm hoping to rig the wishbone up to the mast and take some better pictures of it more as it was intended to be seen.
I watched a lot of videos about Drake and Schweitzer last night and the early pioneering of the sport. I was curious if there were a lot of folks who were do it yourselfers building their own boards like this early on. It seems like building this thing must have been very labor intensive and I thought fiberglass boards were around pretty early in the sport. Sadly, my background was in boogie boarding!
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swchandler
Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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No doubt about it, it's a homemade one-off relic that someone spent a good amount of time creating and building. Stripped of paint and varnished it would make an interesting display piece, particularly in a bar or restaurant. The board must weigh a ton. In its heyday, it probably took a couple folks just to carry it to and from the waterline.
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outcast
Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 2724
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Arrgh
Joined: 05 May 1998 Posts: 864 Location: Rio
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:32 am Post subject: |
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Table and chairs?
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rigitrite
Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 520 Location: Kansas City
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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Wow....that thing looks dangerous. However, it can't possibly beat my favorite old school windsurfing photo of Mike Waltze sailing a DOOR complete with hinges and knob at Kanaha on a bet.
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