Thanks Claude for revealing the diagram!
Interesting, those trying to connect my positioning as being like a ‘Thruster’ design.
Some will find my ‘Quattro Classics’ link interesting for the rail proximity of the fins on some boards.
http://www.mckeesurf.com/brucemckee/exotic_fin_photos.htm
I also have some interesting positions in the collages in ‘Mission Quattro’.
Unfortunately I should have been more of a photo snapper as the evidence is incomplete.
What the aim of my set-up really is, it’s a positioning that tries to combine the best of all. Twins, old quads, Thrusters and I’ve even had some set-ups that felt more ‘single-fin’ ish than anything else… a la T Curren J-Bay set up.
The positioning is just …where I’m at now… after taking into account, all the responses of people testing boards along the way, plus my own. From ten foot guns in Hawaiian surf to 5 foot something fish type boards in slop, long-boards of all types, you name it… I still have more tweaks to the formula that I personally do, but I’m not here to dictate.
‘Proven design’ is an interesting phrase in relation to the boards with the ‘old school’ setups I’m seeing. They were dabbled with in the past but mostly brushed aside. They can and do work, and so can a zillion other mixes if the ingredients are combined right. It just depends, on what kind of rider you want to be happy and for what kind of wave.
As far as I’m concerned, only by testing out a design will it be ‘proven’.
Only after trying a multitude of different ‘proven’ designs do you realize that it’s pretty limitless… In the end it’s a case of whittleing down the negatives… and that folks, is what has been for me, ‘Mission Quattro’.
The gif attached is borrowed from a past post. It shows well the concept of fin direction, though I would have the focus point further forward as opposed to this one presented here.
Cheers. McKee.
