anyone ever go that wide? i’ve got a 5’6" X 20" X 2.5" project going and i’m thinking of really pushing the limits on the tip to tip width.
kirk
kirk
There is a 5’4" fish in the archives with 12 in. bet.tips. Looks pretty cool. Shaped by jim dunlop. Mike
Certainly 12" from tip to tip would make it a fine small wave early planing board.
More important…what your feet size are, your weight, the width at WP and also between you feet, the amount of V between your feet, thickness of rails, hardness of rails.
All those criteria affect rail to rail response, quickness, and holding power.
I’d imagine you are making a small wave fish.
My old 1974 9’6" x 19.25" swallow tail, what you might call a “fish”, had a 10" tail and swallows no wider than 5". It was loose and fun, turned pretty sharp, and still held in OK.
mine is 11" seems to work great in both large and small surf
Sorta depends on your definition of “large” surf, doesn’t it?
I used my 9’6"er for waves between 10-15’, Ocean Beach, SF.
Doubt you’d choose that size surf for your fish.
LeeDD,
What was/is the fin set-up on your BIG FISH? I have a friend who likes big boards and big waves. We talk about building a BIG FISH for him. Herb Spitzer has an 8’0" in the archives that’s a beauty. I don’t paddle out on anything in 10-15 foot Ocean Beach. I assume were talking 10-15 Hawaiian? Mike
Around 1969.
Glass on single, 8.5" raked with a 4.75 base.
No, I never consider “Hawaiin” sizing, as I don’t really care what size the backs of the waves are.
We got a nice left reef/point/rock, when the faces are what SoCal’er call 10’, we call about 6’, the backs are close to 3’, and that’s stretching it.
NorCal, N of Santa Cruz, measures waves differently than SoCal…or at least did back when I was surfing seriously. This new measurement of “face” sizing has me perplexed. What I call 6’, in height, is now called 8-10’ faces, is Hawaiin 3-5’, Texas DOH, East Coast “Hurricane” surf.
I’m 5’10" tall, so a 6’ wave is just barely taller than I am, when I’m standing straight up. Kinda hard to surf standing straight up, so a true 6’ wave, in my humble opinion, has to start out at least a foot taller than me, preferably more.
My smallest fish 5’8"x21" runs with a 12.5" tip to tip swallow which works great for me.
I’m 6ft and 224lbs and find it works great from two foot to double overhead, as long as I carve the turns sinking the rail, soon as you put the board flat on a turn the tail can start to drift out.
Also the board covers the flat spots which is handy for a big fella like me
cheers joe
My fish tail is around 11.5" at the tips and it is a great board for Florida’s (usually) flat faced waves. I am so stoked on this board,so much fun and makes sections I would have never made before.I never thought I would have this much fun on such a short board,catches waves out with the logs and takes off like a rocket. Can’t thank the people who make up swaylocks enough…peace and waves…
it works in solid h-oh decent size long period surf with the lip throwing out
next time I’ll be more specific