Shaper's (Pat Rawson) Comments:
This newly made 85A blank was lengthened to easily net an 86 bottom length. I redesigned the rail shape for less waste and stronger foam. I also widened the nose @12 by ½, as well as pumping the max thickness up to 3 3/8, as to be a more useful blank in this size/volume range. The new natural rocker in this mold design is the 85A +½ nose, +3/8 tail. This rocker being shaped in instead of glued up, will allow for a much more accurate finished rocker, due to no spring back. I have the old 85A natural rocker if anyone still wants it. All the A series of blanks are designed to take the majority of thickness of the bottom, leaving small adjustments in the nose and tail rocker and their thicknesses. Comes stock Blue with 3/8" basswood stringer.
Overall Bottom Length: 8' 7" (261.62 cm)
Tip-to-tip Deck Length: 8' 5 13/16" (258.60 cm)
Maximum Width: 22 1/16" (56.04 cm)
Maximum Thickness: 3 7/16" (8.73 cm)
History: Introduced September 2006
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