Hi all - I came into a vintage Hannon today (price was certainly right) - it's seen better days, but I'm curious if anyone has any info (vintage, etc.) to piece together this old board's history. She came from Providence RI, where someone had it hanging around with the intent to learn to surf with it, but never did.
There are no sigs or other markings that I can see. Looks like a triple stringer (one wide, possibly T-band in the middle & two smaller ones on each side). Small Hannon logo offset on deck and two small Hannon logos on underside. Hatchet (?) style glassed-in fin.
The deck is in reasonable shape for its age (one bubble delam that may or may not warrant attention - it's pretty solid), but had a lot of old black wax that is a b!t@h to get off. The glass is THICK & HEAVY. The underside has one big old nasty repair and what appears to be a couple of spots of injection-type delam repair (one spot covering part of the port-side stringer aft). Someone added a leash plug as well (I'm assuming). Alot of rough sanding of old repairs all over as well. There are various spots where the cloth weave can be felt slighty (just the texture - not the actual cloth), including the fin. Oh, and she's HEAVY - right around 38 lbs.
I'd love to get this tank in the water - if for nothing else to catch a wave or two, as I'm presuming this board hasn't been ridden on a wave in a decade or two. Any advice on a plan of attack would be great. The big nasty repair has a couple cracks where it is married with the orig glass, so that's probably where I'll start. Should I open up a couple spots to see if she's holding water (and what's the best way to go about this)? I imagine 38 lbs is about 10 lbs overweight for a board of this vintage (is that correct)? I have intermediate ding repair skills, so I feel confident I could at least shore her up for a surf.
