After being ghosted by yet another CNC Surfboard shaper several weeks ago, I decided to have a custom shaper use my Channel Fish template to make a Retro Fish. Not including the outline/template, resident shaper MRat shaped the rest of the board (rails, rocker, wings, etc.)
It’s headed to the glasser next.
I call it the E-Type Retro.
3” x 21.5” x 66”, tail width 13.5” inches with 6.75” butt crack.
Earlier photos to follow.
In the begininning,
I searched through more than a few fins before I found the Gephart 70:30 Keel twin (True Ames — Futures).
@stoneburner Nice to see that outline being used on a board by @Mrat
I imagine that you are pretty stoked!
@MRat has done a great job shaping it. Figured it was my only chance to get that outline in a high quality, rideable SB in time for my annual pilgrimage to the NC coast. Still have 4 Paipo-HP blanks and a slight design modification of the 42” Lord-Coanda hybrid in the queue.
The original template/outline for this build was part of a personal challenge to create an all math generated Coanda Channel SB design.
The template was Lis Fish inspired but used 2 basic equations for the curves. Fluid dynamics curve for the tail section. Basic math curve for the nose section. When I saw your CAD rendering of my data, I knew right away it was a shape I have been after for decades.
Thomas Vilmin (of Shape3D) IGES rendering of the @jrandy STL file.
