Hi all,
Done some searching on the archives but can’t find what I’m after.
I’ll be installing a 2+1 fin setup on a fish (swallow tail) for a friend of mine - by 2+1 I mean 2 twin fins and a smaller trailing fin…
Has anyone installed these before? If so, what sort of layout have you used? Is it similar to a thruster layout? (in terms of dimensions of where the fins are located).
Cheers.
" I'll be installing a 2+1 fin setup on a fish (swallow tail) for a friend of mine - by 2+1 I mean 2 twin fins and a smaller trailing fin...
Has anyone installed these before? If so, what sort of layout have you used? Is it similar to a thruster layout? (in terms of dimensions of where the fins are located). "
hi Cayman !
mine had a back finbox , a bit far up from the tail to allow thruster configuration ...
but the side plugs were at 11" up , yes
[the back of the rear fin was far up , in comparison to a thruster's ...
6" [!] , instead of 3 - 3 1/2" up.
the fishes in question were 5'11 x 20 and 5'8 x 21 1/2
....yours ? [what dimensions ? And .... do you have a PHOTO of it you could post here , please ? ]
for a '2+1' setup , the fins I mainly tried were either a 6" back fin , with 3" side fins , or a 7" back fin , with 3 1/2 " side fins ,
or ,
with the 'twinny with trailer' setup . ....
5 " side fins , with a 3" or so box fin [back fin].... but a "nubster" type back fin 'could' work , too, mate ? ['Nocean' and I both have tried these ...his side fins are a bit larger , even ?! in fact , we both have the SAME templates .... thanks to Noe for sending me them !] There is a photo , on the 'my fin tinkerings' thread , if you want to check it out .
will you be putting in back fcs plugs ?
.... or [hopefully ! ] .... a FINBOX !!
... so you or your friend can ride it as a SINGLE fin , too !
[ I LOVE single fin fish !!]
okay , mate .... I hope this is helpful ?!
cheers !
ben
Thanks mate. Mine is a 5’11"x20". I’m putting S-plugs on this one - as I want to try a slightly different planshape and contours for a single-fin…
Which of the above dimensions do you recommend for a “twinnie with smaller trailer” setup? Also, given that it’s a swallow tail, do you measure the center fin from the bottom of the tail, or the inside of the swallow?
Cheers.
hi mate
what is an s- plug ?
"which of the above dimensions ?"
.... as in the 5'8 or the 5'11 board , do you mean ?
for ME, I need a 5'11 [minimum !!] , to paddle nowadays ...6' 2" , preferably ! BUT I'm 51 ... how old / fit is your friend ?
it will depend on what YOUR FRIEND wants to ride , yes ? you said the board is for them , eh ?
yep , back of fin [base] measured from the tail tips [tip to tip measurement = tail ' pod' from memory , it was 7" on the 'prawn' [5'11"] ...on the 5'8 ["bushfire fish"] , it is 9" , tip to tip , and the swallow tail is only 3 1/2" deep [so I could install a plug , to allow the thruster setup option ]
the bushy fish ...
1970s kneeboard foil [it was a strip and reshape job , also ...]
deck view , 2006, at Hicksy's shed ...
and , the 'prawn' [5'11"] ...
with it's 6'4 shell on the left [a strip and reshape job , on a very battered 1970s single fin]
the prawn , pre-shortening , with my old 'shaping bay' [partitioned-off balcony] , above it !....
This board at this stage was 6'1 , two inches were later taken off the tail , and the 'swallowtail' was reshaped , so the back fin was 'further back' [...for the later option of 'thruster-like' setups , I recall !]
Cayman ,
here is the 'nubster and twinny' setup , on the walden ...
....but , it is only the BACK fin plug which is anywhere NEAR the thruster distances from the tail [pod] ! where and why their plug placements eludes me ...
might try emailing him one day to find out [I'm kicking myself , because I forgot to ask him , when he was here in perth with mctavish and meyerhoffer [? 2 years ago now?] !]