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capetonian
Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 1197 Location: Florida
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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I haven't ridden the 2019 Goya quad so I can't give any board specific thoughts. In this video Francisco suggests riding it as a quad or a twin.
https://vimeo.com/224988476
Is this your light wind board? If so then large twins (17 cm or 17.5) are a good choice for making the board "feel" like it releases a bit more like a single fin for getting planing (though not necessarily plane earlier because rocker influences that more far more than fins). I prefer quads for control in strong winds and twins for liveliness in light winds. |
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Ugly_Bird
Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 335
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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U2U2U2 wrote: | Of course the area would be nice to know.
Trace fin outline.Start at the base , in .5cm intervals draw lines across the fin edge to edge .
Measure the lengths, ie. 9 cm, 9.25 cm etc. Add all the lengths , ie 9+9.25= 18.25
Divide by 2, ie 18.25 / 2 = 9.125, this is the area on the fin in square cm. |
Much easier to do that by weight if you have access to a balance.
Cut out a square from paper , say, 10 cm x 10 cm and weigh it out. That is weight of 100 sq.cm. Then, trace and cut out the fin shape out of the same paper, weigh out, do the ratio, done!
Old school curve integration at its best
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U2U2U2
Joined: 06 Jul 2001 Posts: 5467 Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
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theq
Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 707
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, guys. I'm still working on this one. I've ridden the board a few more times since I posted my query, and am getting it to point a bit better. Still, I'd like to cheat upwind a little better. It will make a large difference in my wave count, methinks.
Hey Phil. Good to hear from you. Thanks. Yes, it is my light wind board. So far though, I have used in with both a 5.0M and 5.3M. I'm trying to use less sail for control on the waves than I have using my 5.6M.
On fins I'm looking at the K4 Scorchers, Maui Ultra, or Makani Walu2 in 17cm sizes. Being how I am, of course I'd like to split the difference between a 16 and 17cm, but that would limit me to a Maui Ultra or Black Project it seems. I'm not against any of them really. I do like the idea of riding the board as a twin. Maybe all of my prior years of surfing will come in handy riding it as a twin.
The K4's are less costly to experiment, but Leo rocks are getting meaner all the time, and G10 might be a requirement. A Makani Kaku in 18cm transformed my Simmer FSW tri-fin from marginal to excellent for my style of riding. That was a bump up in size of 3cms for the rear. I also reduced the sides by about the same amount from stock. FWIW. Cheers.
I like the idea of weighing out a square and a template. Thanks, Ugly_Bird. Sounds wild, but somehow sensible. Thanks. |
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U2U2U2
Joined: 06 Jul 2001 Posts: 5467 Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
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grantmac017
Joined: 04 Aug 2016 Posts: 946
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 12:48 am Post subject: |
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If rocks are a concern I'll take a K4 over G10 any day. |
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jingebritsen
Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Posts: 3371
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 3:04 am Post subject: |
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this thread is another big dose or reality.
in florida i can count the number of days on less than 2 hands when a full blown wave board is the right choice. and, for all the same reasons initially discussed.
to go with an oversized set of fins, or use a cross venue free ride board (aka a FSW)?????
last few wave sessions i have had a blast with the new exocet crosses and older ones prior to that. what do i get with my cross boards? upwind, early planing, great turning. what do i give up? about 5% of my abilities to round out my top turns on waves.
wake up and smell the delusions of having wave boards anywhere else other than ideal places. _________________ www.aerotechsails.com
www.exocet-original.com
www.iwindsurf.com
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jingebritsen
Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Posts: 3371
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U2U2U2
Joined: 06 Jul 2001 Posts: 5467 Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:55 am Post subject: |
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jingebritsen wrote: | BTW, i use LES than stock fin sizes on my cross boards and still get upwind easily. 4-6 cm smaller. evidence enough? |
Iam sure the op will absorb this.Dose of reality from the Florida epicenter. Your sailing ability seems the same.
The question is fin size, not ego size. _________________ K4 fins
4Boards....May the fours be with you
http://www.k4fins.com/fins.html
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jingebritsen
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