With the emphasis on racing 14' boards rather than unlimited, I had an old DC 16' with steering that just didn't sell on Seabreeze.
A great board but more suited to big Hawaii conditions than ours with the front one & 1/2 feet of the board always out the water. Think DC, Lacey and Alain amongst others owned it in the past.
So I decided to strip it back, removing the worn out deck pad strips and two coats of paint to find a full carbon board. A deep breath and i cut off off a foot off the front and back and shaped the nose back using a 9" angle grinder. I redid the new nose again with carbon but found it was too blunt and wide, pushing water so back to the angle grinder again.
This time i attached extra foam to round out the sides of the nose, adding extra volume to the top and base of the nose. A quick paddle and was impressed by the lack of noise and glide. Then the long process of sanding, spraying in two pack and fitting a new deck pad.
Next project maybe take an older white Javelin with a sunken deck to improve stability and painted Fanatic red to go faster.........
Looks great JT. Where you find the time is amazing.
Bring it to the lake as I would love to have a go.
WOW!!!! It turned out great John, alot better than I expected. Have you taken it around the lake yet?? 
I did own that board and painted it white so the carbon would not generate heat, lacey I am not sure, kelly margetts before me.
Huge effort, I am impressed 
Did I hear dale crying good effort through Looks a bit like the Corbin well the paint job at least
The original tail looked a bit like this
And I can tell you this thing is super super fast
Tried this board before JT painted it and it was fast.
Excellent effort John, I reckon it will go faster with the Red paint work.
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JT, is the rumor true that it was one of your designs?
Hi Tony. Hope you're still looking after that Zone board. Just looked for a name so got Jet being "John's experimental type". Tha main thing is it really works given the basics from the master shaper DC were there already.
It's very stable, fast enough for 27" and cuts through the incomming waves easily. Also surfs well as a bonus.
Very cool John...great idea. Maybe I should give you my "unbought on Seabreeze" DC17' to turn into a 14' or better still a 12'6". Then could you bring it over here ?
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Lacey i hung my head in shame when i seen this post
I think i had the right idea , the exacution was a little lacking
So far loving the board, very stable and quick with the wind behind one. Probably over painted it in hindsite, two pack is heavy so may sand the bottom. With the deck pad and all, it's about 15kg and surfs really well too. Don't forget that DC shaped the board originally and the rounded rails really help with stability.
Thanks for comments all.
