With the emphasis on racing 14' boards rather than unlimited, I had an old DC 16' with steering that just didn't sell on Seabreeze.


A great board but more suited to big Hawaii conditions than ours with the front one & 1/2 feet of the board always out the water. Think DC, Lacey and Alain amongst others owned it in the past.
So I decided to strip it back, removing the worn out deck pad strips and two coats of paint to find a full carbon board. A deep breath and i cut off off a foot off the front and back and shaped the nose back using a 9" angle grinder. I redid the new nose again with carbon but found it was too blunt and wide, pushing water so back to the angle grinder again.
This time i attached extra foam to round out the sides of the nose, adding extra volume to the top and base of the nose. A quick paddle and was impressed by the lack of noise and glide. Then the long process of sanding, spraying in two pack and fitting a new deck pad.








Next project maybe take an older white Javelin with a sunken deck to improve stability and painted Fanatic red to go faster.........