MY PAIPO
BOARDS
Five Decades of Paipos
Sunny and Surfin' Harlequin (Diamond) RPM XII (or "Sunny" for short)
Background:
The Checkered Diamond Bonzer was built during the Winter of 2014, and I
accepted
delivery on
May 14, 2014. This board is influenced by my S&S Checkered RPM
series design boards
built for me by Austin Saunders; the Laguna-style paipos, with their
original influence being the Wally Froiseth paipos of the 1950s and
1960s, and then by Gordon Theisz; and finally, the Campbell Brothers
(after all it is a Bonzer!). Robert Moynier is the link between the
Laguna and Bonzer influences. The two significant departures from the
S&S Checkered RPM series is the wider, squarer tail and the Bonzer
bottom and fin system. Additionally, the side fins are placed more
forward and there are
4 sidebite fin boxes and one center fin slot (instead of a 2+1
configuration).
A shallow concave begins at the elbow in the nose rocker and
transitions
to deepening twin shallow concaves beginning at the leading edge of the
forward runners to a deeper 7/16" concaves at the tail tip (pod) of the
board.
Vital Statistics:
Length |
50"
[total length of board] |
Width |
20-3/8"
[widest point
of board, 26-1/2 inches from nose] |
Mid
point width |
20-3/8" [widest point
of board, 25 inches from nose] |
Nose |
17-3/4"
[width 12" from
nose] |
Tail |
19"
[width 12" from
tail tip] |
Pod |
15-1/2"
[one inch from the bottom] |
Flyers |
n/a
[distance
from tail] |
Thickness |
1-7/8,
thinner in twin concaves
|
Rocker,
nose |
1-3/4" (refined measurement, was 2")
[board flat
on surface, vertical inches] |
Rocker,
tail |
3/8" (refined measurement, was 7/8")
[board flat
on surface, vertical inches] |
Weight |
7.8
lbs. with 4 runners and 6" center fin; 7.0 lbs without fins |
Stringer(s) |
3/16"
cedar
|
Material construction: |
Green
foam. 2 layers of fiberglass, 8oz & 6oz, on both the deck and the
bottom. 1 layer on top & bottom to be "S" cloth and the other
layer, "E" cloth.
|
Fin(-s) |
Five
fins, thruster arrangement; Fins Unlimited center box with
FCS-compatible side bite Bonzer runners.
|
Rails |
Eggy
turned over forward and
hard to the rear, a little less tucked-under through the middle section
than with RPM.
|
Glass
job |
Moonlight
Glassing
|
Designed
by: |
Multiple
influences but final specifications by Rod Rodgers
|
Shaped
by: |
Malcolm
Campbell of Campbell Brothers Surfboards
|
Glassed
by: |
Moonlight Glassing |
Builder |
Campbell
Brothers Surfboards
|
Notes: |
Robert
Moynier is to blame for
taking this fork in the road of the paipo experience!!! See pictures of
the board here.
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Fins/Skegs and Fin Boxes
Fins/Skegs
(in inches)
|
Center Fin |
Runners
Forward |
Runners
Aft |
Manufacturer |
True
Ames
|
True
Ames |
True
Ames |
Model |
Bonzer
(AA16)
|
Bonzer Runners set of 4 (BR03
and BR02), Hexcore resin & glass, FCS compatible (lighter than
normal glass/resin fins), canted.
|
Design |
Bonzer |
Base length (h) |
4-7/8
|
4-3/4
|
5-1/2
|
Height (v) |
6
|
2-1/8
|
2-3/4
|
Diagonal length (v) |
9-1/8
|
5-3/8
|
6-3/8
|
Leading edge of fin to tail |
tbd
|
19
|
14
|
Distance between fins (center
line)
|
n/a
|
16-3/4 |
14-3/4 |
Notes: I
will be experimenting with center fin placement relative to the
trailing edge of the aft runners, the size of the fin (6" and 7" Bonzer
center fins) and other center fins in the 4.5" to 5" range.
|
|
|
Center Fin
|
Runners
Forward |
Runners
Aft |
FCS
|
Rainbow Fin
Company (RFC)
|
True
Ames
|
PC-5
Blue H-comb
Unknown design
|
Custom
Unknown design
|
Bonzer
Runners (BR03)
Bonzer
|
4-1/4
|
2-1/4 |
4-3/4
|
4-1/2
|
2-1/4 |
2-1/8
|
7-1/4 |
3-1/2 |
5-3/8 |
9-1/16
|
16 |
13-1/2 |
n/a
|
17 |
14-3/4 |
Notes: This
is the configuration that is working well for me in everyday surf. I
could see chasing some of the Sunset Beach monsters out at the Outer
Wash using the 4-1/2 center fin with the quad set of Bonzer runners but
the current setup is a good way to start. |
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|
Fins/Skegs
(in inches)
|
Center Fin
|
Runners
Forward
|
Runners
Aft
|
|
Center Fin
|
Runners
Forward
|
Runners
Aft
|
Manufacturer
|
FCS
|
|
True
Ames
|
|
FCS
|
|
True
Ames
|
Model
|
PC-5
Blue H-comb
|
|
Bonzer
Runners (BR03)
|
|
PC-5
Blue H-comb
|
|
Bonzer
Runners (BR03)
|
Design
|
|
|
Bonzer
|
|
|
Bonzer
|
Bonzer
|
Base length (h)
|
4-1/4
|
|
4-3/4
|
|
4-1/4
|
|
4-3/4
|
Height (v)
|
4-1/2
|
|
2-1/8
|
|
4-1/2
|
|
2-1/8
|
Diagonal length (v)
|
7-1/4
|
|
5-3/8
|
|
7-1/4
|
|
5-3/8
|
Leading edge of fin to tail
|
9-1/16
|
|
13-1/2
|
|
9-1/16
|
|
13-1/2
|
Distance between fins (center
line)
|
n/a
|
|
14-3/4
|
|
n/a
|
|
14-3/4
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Notes:
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These
specifications were adapted from the "Catalogue Specifications" used by
Pods
for Primates. A copy with additional details and diagrams may be accessed
here [PDF format]. The current version may be obtained at http://www.surfresearch.com.au/.
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