I am thinking about making a classic longboard and curious what was the glassing schedule on some of the first fiberglass surfboards. As I understand it, those boards were using cloth and resin from the boating industry. What oz cloth were the original board builders using and how many layers? I've seen some of these old boards up close and the thickness of the glass is mind boggling. I mean did they wrap those things multiple times in 10 oz glass? I can see why in the original Endless Summer, those guys dragged their boards down the beach because there was nothing to worry about in terms of damaging it. I can't imagine doing that with a modern glassed longboard. Modern surfboards by comparison live up to the fragility of "glass" in the word fiberglass. Lastly, how much did one of those boards weigh such as in the Endless Summer?
Thanks in advance for any responses!