straight ahead bonzer runners ...revisited ...

General Discussion
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well , the previous questions’ answer came from France …

http://www.swaylocks.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=210244;search_string=straight%20ahead;#210244

So, check out what the ‘moderator’ of

www.shaperoom.net posted there …

I can’t wait to hear how it rides !!

straight ahead…

so , straight ahead bonzer runners , on a three stringered fish design .

Interesting , I thought …

https://swaylocks7stage.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/1007111_a%20french%20bonzer…_0.jpg


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i would say that the angle on those fins is so extreme that they will cause more drag than glide. i may be wrong but i wouldnt want to be the one spending all the time to find out otherwise when the modern bonzer versions work so well.

maybe those runners fell over when the glasser left the bay for the night and when he came back they had set at an extreme angle.

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…Yeah , actually , I wonder what the cant on those would be in degrees ?

And if the lack of toe-in to the nose will balance out the more radical cant …

I think I will stay in touch with “McFly” …to see what his findings on its performance is !

here’s my soon to be fcs tabbed ones…


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I took the first board I made and cut away the tail as a stinger added a 8" center fin and 2 side runners 3x9 set at 45 deg.1/8 toe in. The board goes like a rocket but seems to want to stay high verticle. its unfortunate that I didn’t think enough about where I was cutting for the stingers at. I get a bruise on my knee ever time i ride it.

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hi Roostersurf !

do you have a deck and bottom view of that board , please ?

I’d be particularly keen to see the runners and the sting …where you put it .

cheers !

ben

[ I ask, because I will be altering my single fin “stubbie” sometime, into a bonzer setup.]

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Hi Chipfish61, I sent the board to my garage for some minor modifications. Will send you some pictures once i am done with it.

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thanks “Roostersurf” !

…I look forward to seeing it.

Ditto … if / when mine is modified [my mates would probably say “butchered” [!] ] , I will post shots here.

I may go with glass on wood runners on that one, to match the wood back fin…

ben