The last of the batch of hand planes finished, need some tidy swell now to test this one, had a great time at Croyde with em....

Well, its been a while, lots of development work going on with resins, glues and vacuum bags,Beech veneers are being prepared and EPS sourced, all within Wales! The all Welsh composite is not far away! Here is one of the experiments in pre-preg EPS and which turned out to be the best fun in the poor surf conditions at Croyde last week, not quite Frank Malloy, just fun.

Got to paddle the board yesterday, great fun although a little twitchy. Bring on some waves, when my back gets better!!!!!!!!

Spun the beast over today and varnished the bottom, sounds rude!!!! Good to see it all coming together, may even go for a trail paddle this coming weekend if it all goes well.....cheers all

Glassing done and sanded, its the first time I have had the chance to sand rails with a belt sander, they are huge!!! I normally end up with my preferred skinny rails. The pics show the first coat of Epifanes clear yacht varnish with a slant on the Blame Laird sub culture!!!!!

Final shaping and snagging

Final sanding, the best bit, its all been glued together and all the bits that didn't look like a surfboard planned off!!!! Hand carry slot and fin plugs done, glass the rails and gloss coat...done, well, by next weekend hopefully!!

Plugs and funky tail

Got the FCS plug seats cut today and funked up the tail, decided to go for an elliptical tail, not that it brings anything to the party, it was just suggested by a friend so try it and see if it works I reckon! The carry hand slot and leash plug tomorrow, build up the tail, 2 layers of glass on the rails and get it wet!!