Generally keeping as much buoyancy in the fuselage and fair it into the thin foils.
Leading edge rounded hand grip and side concave for thumb lock.
The new versions got a funky look.
Need to fill and sand a few holes from the recycled packing foam and then glass.
Very cool Brett.
Thanks Bill, yes it’s very cool indeed. It’s a completely new way of riding a wave. And thank you for your video calls to discuss hydrodynamics.
It’s a blend of foiling and the theory of lift that we all read about in Lord Lindsey’s book years ago when the Simmons craze was hot.
The lateral dimension of each foil creates strong lift and the fuselage in between is just to create a ‘wheelbase’ length. Other guys already trying this design in Hawaii are suggesting fins in the tail section for better projection which is just where I want to go with this. Another guy in California has his son looking at riding this like a shortboard.
Break the design down to 2 lateral foils that connect with a central beam and you could have a shortboard that could qualify as “carry on luggage”.
Now that would be cool.