Hello Peeps, I am new to the forum and am looking for some shortboard historians to review some photos.
The board in question came from my local garbage dump, and is kind of amazing in age and design.
I am new thus cannot post a photo.
Perhaps a kind individual could give me their Email, then I send them the photo and they post the 2 pages of photo's and written speculation?
This ancient board is worth a look see and some thought.
Thank You
That is amazing, I have a Rocket (308?) it is bigger than the one in your photo, and has a poly skin.
The beat up one in my photo is fiberglass.
However, the fin layout on my Rocket is the same as the beat up one, yet flat bottom.
Maybe, just maybe someone wanted to make their own Rocket 99 and made this one?
This would bump things up a few years.
The Oak mast base had me thinking older.
Thanks.
I plan to send in another photo of my boards bottom tomorrow, it has some advanced ideas.
Did the Rocket 99 have a vee at the tail?
Select to expand quoteFlex2 said..
apologies Andy, 2nd page went to my junk folder. Here it is
Junk folder is appropriate!
Select to expand quoteJohn340 said..Flex2 said..
apologies Andy, 2nd page went to my junk folder. Here it is
Junk folder is appropriate!
Yeah , I'm not too sure how ace that board will be.
I agree that 'junker' is the right category, and should mention that I have and sail a dozen shortboards from different eras.
However, this weekend I dug into my 70's Windsurf books and noticed that Schweitzer and Drake would make fiberglass proto's of their ideas.
Is it possible this thing is a prototype of the Windsurf Int. Rocket 99?
That could make one of the first shortboards ever made?
A thanks to Jim and Gwarm, I'm going to redirect my research.
Select to expand quoteGwarn said..
In 1984 I learned how to water start on a rocket 99....
Me too.. and a Rocket '96, but it was in 1994
