New 9'4" In The Design Process No Name For It Yet...

Most all of the boards I design revolve around two motivations.  

1. How I want the board to behave in a particular setting.
2. Or a new construction technique.

Which has made each board present new difficulties and opportunities to learn.  Often times I design up a board and it flops in design stage after throwing it to a couple of friends, a good night's sleep, or even good old common sense sets in. 

This next board is designed with a few things I want to try...

1. I want a board that is easy to carry under my arm.
2. Single fin (already got that fin designed will post pic later).
3. I want it to be responsive, but long enough to paddle easily.
4. Buoyancy is always good.
5. A rocker that works in smaller waves (less rocker).
6. Want to maker it lighter so I'm using 1/8th inch ribs.  I'll need to reinforce it with 1/4x1/4 inch cedar pieces on each rib.
7. I also put the ribs at 6 inch on center in the middle and 8 inch on center towards nose and tail.  That's why the distances between slices may seem larger at nose and tail.

Please click on the image to get it's dimensions to pop up larger.  

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   After two really good sessions this weekend... 
   
   

   So after a great weekend of surfing and thinking about what board size does for us in the water I've come to a new concept.  

   1. Carrying a board under your arm is nice, but there's nothing quite like speeding along a line up because you're not worried about falling down.  
   1. So I've widened the 9'4" to 23.75
   2. For us shorter more stocky fellas, buoyancy and width in a board is important for paddling and catching waves.
   We spend so much time working on these boards that it's very important to design them well before hand.  
   Feel free to check on your opinion of these new dimensions I drew up last night.