Spurdog

I have been working on this for the past few months but I am not exactly sure how long but I have been fitting it inbetween work and stag do's. I really wanted a new board and as I have been worming I looked into how to build one on the net. There are came across Grain hollow wooden surfboards, which looked fantastic and cheap the only problem was they were based in Amercia and after shipping the cost increased and just seemed to complicated. However reading my subscription of Surfing life, introduced to me by Surfers against sewage the was a advert for grain build you own surfboards brought to you by, (and this is the last plug) Fyne boat kits. So I ordered away and the kit came in the post with a book of instructions that at first seriously dented my confidence due to it large and precise nature. Building stands and tables out of scrap was right up my street and I enjoyed following the steps much more than anticipated. So things were taking shape and due to glue times and prep work I realised that making the most of my available time was key, and not to work after a couple of beers as damage was easily done. I took a few pics along the way but wish I had taken more looking back, many people said it was not going to be sea worthy but it's had a full weeks surfing and gave as good as it got. The last varnish stage though had to be rushed but it needs a regular top up coat so it should be fine, it's 6'4" sherry fish named after a spiny dog fish a type of shark. I enjoyed the build so much I am planing board number two using self bought materials, but I have a different project line up which should take up less garage space.