ANOTHER HAPPY CAMPER

Andrew Mooney and his new toy.

Hopefully he won't be test riding it at Shipsterns.

SOUTH AVALON SUMMER 65/66

Man was yet to walk on the moon.

But I was taking my first tentative steps toward a surfing life.

Found this photo amongst some old family photos.

10' BALSA BUILD Pt1

You might call this, building a balsa board the hard way.

But all the balsa and cedar is recycled and cost nothing.

The balsa, all 240 plus 6"x 6"x 2" blocks of end grain

balsa had been thrown out by a

boatbuilding company that I use to work for.

The cedar was an old outdoor table.

The blocks were glued up 21 at a time in a jig.

Then 3 at a time were glued end to end to form four 10' 6" long logs.

TWO SHOES OVER

The result of a few filler and gloss coats.

And some time on my hands.

TAYLOR MADE

This board is a Taylor. Built in Wow Woy

on the NSW Central coast.

Mr Taylor was a shipwright.

His shed was on the water front

next to the fish markets.

Just glossed.