Sea State 10.5

Our new board is finished and ready for trials.

It is a shorter version of our 12 footer.  This board is 10.5 feet long with a 32 inch max width and a fine entry.  It has less rocker than the 12 foot touring board.  It is designed to riders up to 160 pounds.
Of course it is 100 percent carbon fiber.
The access port is a convenient location to store important items.
This board is available for a trial paddle in the Oriental area. Give us a call. 252 639-0147
It will be built on preorders only for the time being.  We will be setting up shop here as soon as possible.

Hull #3, 100% carbon fiber

Our first 100% carbon board is sold and off into the world.
The customer supplied a nice Sea Deck pad.  It has great texture and feel.
Other than the pretty pad and colorful grab loops, the board is all black, including deck hatch and 9 inch fin.
Here are some photos:

Becky taking her new board out for a spin!

Curt holding the board in a gust of wind!
Hold on Curt!

Shark gets a fin

Here is the new 9inch fin we just installed on our carbon board.

We finished our first carbon fiber 12 foot Sea State board today.
It is actually half carbon.  The hull is carbon and epoxy and the deck is gel-coated glass set in resin.
A carbon finished deck would be too hot to deal with.
To wrap things up with this board, we added a 9 inch fin.  Here are photos that show how a standard fin box accepts a fin.

Our fin boxes are laminated into the hull and we find and cut them open after the hull is molded.  Once it is cleaned up, the fin attached easily...

The new fin, fin bolt and regular screw driver sit next to the just opened fin box.

This is how the bolt slides into the channel.

Next, the fin slides into the channel toward the front of the box.

You tap the fin forward with the palm of your hand or a rubber mallet.

Next, the bolt screws into the pre-inserted nut and voila, it is done.

Hull #2 is carbon fiber

This was fun and scary.
Four yards of expensive CF cloth.  It came out great and is super light.
Here are photos of the second hull out of our 12 foot mold: