New 6’0 Wherry with Canard Quads
September 9th, 2007, by MikeWe just finished up a new custom 6’0 Wherry for a customer right here in Maine. He asked for glass-on fins, so we worked with Rainbow Fin Co. to get some sweet woodie Canard Quad Speed Dialers. We’re really proud of the way this board turned out and hope to have a chance to surf it and photograph it in the water with the coming swell. Keep an eye on the blog for a review once it hits the water.
September 9th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
WOW! the only thing it’s missing is a speedometer built into the deck…beautiful
September 9th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Incredible. really.
Say, have you guys had a chance to glass with that bamboo cloth on any boards yet? How’s that working out?
That quad is sweet!
September 10th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Charlie
Thanks for your note. We have finished glassing the 6’0 Wherry with bamboo. It turned out great. I’ll be posting photos soon. Hopefully we’ll be using bamboo on all of our boards soon.
thanks
Nick
September 12th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Hello grainsurfboards,
Just was wondering if we here at N.A.S.A could get back our rocket? you guys have borrowed it for to long? we need it send a spaceship to mars, how are we supposed to do this without our 6’0 Wherry with Canard quads??
September 22nd, 2007 at 11:43 pm
fellas,
I have a 6-0 Pavel “Quan” with the same (non-wood) speed dialer fin setup. It looks a great deal like this Wherry. Its really an amazing board. very fast, very responsive. I really love the Wherry, but I am wondering: there is some real subtle foam work in my board, a single to double concave…..ive been told this is part of the magic of it….can you guys achieve subtle bottom contours / concaves in wood? or how about a channeled bottom like a CB Bonzer? all in all i really love the work you are doing and the passion and transparency with which you do it. So keep doing it!!!
September 29th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Jeremy,
We have several boards that have significant bottom contours built into their frame designs. Our 6-5 single fin (Seed) is probably the most dramatic, with a long single concave transitioning to a double concave at the tail. The planks can be coaxed into following these curves because northern white cedar is pretty pliable (especially when wetted) and will follow the form if clamped properly.
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Once you get into bonzer bottoms, some special techniques would have to be applied, though I feel sure that it could be done…
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You will probably be interested to know that we are planning to post cross sections of some of our boards at some point so folks can see them more easily.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I wish I was rich! I would buy all your boards and surf everyday. Thank you for opening my surf mind… I will switch to wood as I can afford it. For now I dream of owning a waka or a wherry everyday!
March 11th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Hey Pablo, thanks for the comment. Keep an eye on the site, we do run sales once in a while on our kits, so that’s a good way to save a couple bucks. Keep in touch.