5'10" Fish
Description:
The deck / bottom is cedar/fir/basswood..
The fins are cedar/basswood...
Rails are laminated cork/bending plywood...
Fiberglass laminated on inside of deck / bottom...
Exterior Glass: Resin Research Epoxy /4-oz.E-glass...
Built to ride...
The "Fish" started out as a project to use up some of the shorter materials in my shop...I wanted to make a board to ride either prone like a belly board, kneeling, or standup...
In Jim Knistle's book "Surfboard Design And Construction", there were detailed plans for a Steve Lis Fish...The book had the planshape outline, and the rocker and thickness specifications...There was also a fin template and position details...Additionally there were very detailed rail cross sections...
The board came together pretty easy, this being my seventh hollow... The shape turned out to be a good one...The deck is a mild s-deck...The deck is also domed, to allow for the volume to float my 180#, yet be thin enough at the rail for a sensitive rail shape...
The bottom is mostly flat, for planing speed...There is 1/4" of vee in the tail to loosen it up a bit...The fins are a modified version of the Lis originals...They are foiled on both sides, but I added a bit more of a cutaway on the trailing edge base...They are set parallel, with no cant...
Below are some Fish boards that have been made during the workshop classes...
Also:Click to see my first 5'10" Hollow Fish
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