First time shaper here. Trying to build a 2+1 funboard/single fin. Happy with the overall shape but the tail seems kind of thick/round. I’m an intermediate/advanced surfer but not looking for high performance here. Just something fun for East Coast US surf. Dims are 6’3" x 19 3/4 x 2 7/8. EPS blank. Want to make sure I’m not making a mistake with the tail. Thoughts?
Without calipers or a decent side view, it’s hard to say for certain but my gut says it’s too thick. If you have some thickness calipers, try measuring 12" from either end. Conventional ‘wisdom’ - (I.E. often incorrect) says about 1 1/2"-1 3/4" thick at either end and pretty close to the same at nose and tail… +/- 1/4" or so.
A thinned out tail is going to offer better control when the wave gets punchy. A wider thicker tail will get up on plane easier in gutless surf. Your mission is to find the perfect medium.
You could find a board you like and compare it to what you have. It looks pretty thick to me. I have some rail templates that I use to check this sort of thing when I’m not sure.
Overall i was going for a thicker than normal board. I’m happy with mid-point thickness and flat deck of board, so to thin out tail do I just take from bottom (adding more rocker)?
I mistakenly typed 1/2" to 1 3/4" for tail thickness dimensions… corrected to read 1 1/2" to 1 3/4". Sorry for any confusion. Looks like you have it figured out.
What thicknesses did you end up with?
A few years back I cut/pasted a good article by Dave Parmenter in which various dimensions, including nose and tail thicknesses are mentioned for different types of boards. It’s a classic article worth checking out and you can find it in this thread…