What is the best way to cut in Vee in the tail? how far in from the rail do you go and how far up before it should blend back into your bottom contour. I have heard of a trend starting going back to little or no vee. any comments on that? Thanks in advance
this is my input, might not be the best… if you have vee in the tail it will give you a little more rail to rail feel. as far as shaping it into a board… make sure you give the proper thickness for the stringer, and also allow enough wanted thickness for the rail and rail line. i just use a sanding block and slightly start to feather in the vee. anyone have more suggestions???
Don’t know if this will come across in print but…what I do is, at each rail I make one pass with a surform from where I want the v to start to the tail getting progressively deeper (depth depends on how much v) and then blend each side from the stringer down to the rail cut. JR
Lots of shapers say that V should be centered at the front of the center fin… well… kinda. V is made from two flattened cylinders, with their axes running up and back from the board. Rocker is also a section of cylinder, somewhat flattened, with its axis running across the board. The V cylinders intersect each other along the stringer in the fin area, but their intersection would fall below the board’s bottom. The V cylinders leave the board’s bottom at the stringer in front of the fin. From there the V cones intersect the rocker cylinder in another V, heading forward and outward, toward the middle rails. Water takes two routes under a board. It goes in a straight line when the board is going straight, and a curved line when the board is turning. You shape V into a board to accomodate curving water. The point of this geometry lesson is to point out that you see no crease along the V/rocker intersection. Why? The crease would interfere with water flowing striaght under the board. So along the V/rocker intersection you have to smooth the transition from flat bottom to V. V is more versatile when shaped, as I read Herb Spitzer say, a “belly” Why does V look like it’s centered in front of the fin? Because the board is wider there than at the stern. The V line comes higher on the rail in the fin area. Any good shaper understands this relationship, but telling it to anybody else is v e r y t e d i o u s. -Noodle
What is the best way to cut in Vee in the tail? how far in from the rail > do you go and how far up before it should blend back into your bottom > contour. I have heard of a trend starting going back to little or no vee. > any comments on that? Thanks in advance It all depends on how much rocker is in the blank, a design with little rocker can use more vee, this increases the rocker at the rail line, what you need to shorten the distance of the turn. Modern, super rockered boards need a way to increase the lenght of turns, concaves, double, triple, flatten the rocker down the center of the board , giving more of a planing bottom. Start the vee where you feel you’ll need the board to start it’s break for the turn. There is no one majic formula, it all depends on where you stand, the types of turns intended, the blank you’ve choosen.
Thanks guys for all the valuable info. much appreceiated