Nose Block

With the rails shaped, the tail block fitted, it was time to fit the nose block.

Tail Block

After fixing both top & bottom decks I laminated the tail block, fixed it to the tail, shaped and blended it ready for a final sand.

The Top Deck

The top deck skin glued on viewed from underneath.

Fixing the top deck

After building up the rails I had enough meat to allow me to glue down the top deck.

Main Frame Construction

After a winter of research I concluded that the typical Okanui Longboard of the late 40's & early 50's consisted of the following;

* Almost no rocker.

* Minimum 10 ft in length.

* Nose mounted bung assembly.

* large "D" type fin.

* Laminated nose & tail blocks.

*Either a tooth-pick style shape or a more parallel construction with bull nose.