Very nice.. .. How wide is it?

DJ

Nice one lacey. Its a fair bit displacement or am i off the mark?

Wow. Better get Dale to pop a fin in it quickly so you which side is up.

DavidJohn said...

More pics please.. Do you have a side view?

DJ

the board will be finish this week. more pics then. already has the bottom glassed. i'm doing a rudder system, if i go in a 14 class race i will take the steering off and temp glue the rudder.this board has had a lot of r&d with the one on show at the supsa day being stupidly quick. travis reckons it's the fastest board he has been on- full stop. what we did for me was pull a bit more shape out behind centre, widen up the tail from 4' to 6" and over all width from 26' to 26.5" just to make it more user friendly. this is going to be the dc 14 class board model with only width changes for custom orders. in other words- this is it. can't wait

That's a nice looking blue & white striped 17' in the background ..... can you tell DC to hurry up and finish it !!!

DavidJohn said...

More pics please.. Do you have a side view?

DJ

here is some side views dj











it's been a big day, i helped out with setout and lay up all the steering bits and pieces today. here is another item on the rack

Make sure you give it a kick ass spray Job.Looks like it deserves it , dont you own a real camera though .

DavidJohn said...

Thanks.. There's not a lot a nose rocker there.. That piercing nose should work well though... Keep the pics coming..

DJ

actually, it has the same as the 17, but will be more because of the shorter lenght. i think the dihedral nose deck makes it look flatter. anyway, nose diving hasn't been a problem on any of the runs we've done and this board with dihedral and the volume up there, i can't see it happening
cheers
ps dj, when we get in the water, i'll get some shots. i think you will find there will be enough nose out of the water

the deck got glassed today



it has a reinforcing membrane on the deck as well as that black stuff. there is a fair bit that goes into all these big boards and lots of labour. as this is my first dw board made for me, i'm just about wetting myself for the first test paddle on friday afternoon hopefully
cheers
ps the tint is for the sander, not the finish

Nice looking board Lacey, outline and rocker look sweet.
Can't wait to see more

Lobes said...

I'm enoying seeing and reading about the build process. Keep it up.

lobes, i get to see a lot ofthese boards made, seeing as this one was for me, i aked if i can photo the building process. missed the steering setup part. tomorrow is it's first sand off and then a filler coat. that when the real sanding, spraying, sanding, filling, sanding, until it's right. this stage is the hard part of the work and the guys that do it i take my hat off to. it's one thing to feel a bump or hollow, it's another thing to fix it up


phil, if you made this board with a pin tail with the lead in rail that would follow on this board, you would never stay on it- trust me on that

laceys lane said...

here is another item on the rack

Boy, that looks nice.

Hey Lacey, is that funky new design of your 14' going to be incorporated into a 12'6"?

OG SUP said...

Hey Mark,

just like the look of the undisturbed wake the pins leave, we have been doing some of our own research down here on pin versus square with interesting results.

Cant wait to se how it goes mate!

Video please.

Phill

PS dont forget to make a wide a$$ version

hi phil, the boards leave a beautiful v shape small roll/ripple off the back- no water broken. there is a lot more to the bottom of the board then you can see on the photos.

laceys lane said...

OG SUP said...

Hey Mark,

just like the look of the undisturbed wake the pins leave, we have been doing some of our own research down here on pin versus square with interesting results.

Cant wait to se how it goes mate!

Video please.

Phill

PS dont forget to make a wide a$$ version

hi phil, the boards leave a beautiful v shape small roll/ripple off the back- no water broken. there is a lot more to the bottom of the board then you can see on the photos.

Hey Phill, nice to see you guys doing some extensive R&D down there. Have you been analysing the pin vs square feature in flat water or out in the runs? Most of our research up here gets done in the runs and I am still not decided on this yet.

My DC16 has a pin tail and I personally do not have any problems with it at all. The front section of the board is more critical than the back half in order to chase runs properly imo.

This new DC14 has a really good front half and this is why is it so good in the runs. It catches anything and links runs beautifully.

no bacon today, but board has been sprayed and protec coatings. tomorrows the go