I'm not a fan of the Delta weed fins. I use one but don't feel particularly comfortable on it. In saying that, they do certainly suit the very weedy locations where I sometimes sail. I also have Black Project weed fins but find their rake is not enough to get going from a standing start whilst in the middle of a weed clump. Great for Lake George but not good enough for Peel st in Budgewoi Lake or Canton for that matter.
My question is what other brands are there that offer a similar type rake to the Deltas? I'm looking for something to suit a speed board.

Cheers

rexy mxr did this one for bushi for primbee but the weed didn't come in this year , I understand its a ufo boxed at 50deg

Hey Andrew
The depth is also a issue at Peely I have a 23cm delta and it sometimes scraps the bottom!

The solution is a Keef special awesomeness fin. But the challenge is getting your hands on one. You might have seen how my attempts to acquire one turned out

needsalt said...
The solution is a Keef special awesomeness fin. But the challenge is getting your hands on one. You might have seen how my attempts to acquire one turned out

Unfortunately the fin Keef made me snapped clean off at the base the second time I used it.

I have been selling lots of deltas to the peel st guys , we sailed last sunday and it was awesome , the 19 delta is a great fin and its a little thicker in the foil than the slalom and speed , maybe that would suit you better , the 19 delta has done just under 40 knots a peel st and is rock solid , all the speeds on sunday where on delta fins , i have also used mine on queens lake and it out pointed all the other fins , i had the 18 speed and it wasnt as good but other guys love the speed version .

Keef, it cracked first run, tried to repair it but snapped clean second run.

Mark, I have the 20cm I bought from you earlier in the year. Maybe it's a tad too big for my boards, a Falcon 89 and (probably stupidly) a Naish SP60 (not that I have tried it in that yet). I'll grab an 18 or 19 from Mick next time I see him and give that a go. I just found little confidence when sailing with them. Awful to gybe and also a tendency to just let go when broad reaching

keef said...

aussieboats said...
, the 19 delta is a great fin and its a little thicker in the foil than the slalom and speed , maybe that would suit you better ,

surprise surprise surprise how long has it taken them to figure that out , the original deltas were to thin now all they need to do is lift the rake to 50 deg or 47 and there on the money
I brought some a few years back and from day one I lifted the rake , from day two I beefed up the foil and did a mould ,
after that end of story , heeps of back foot pressure off the wind in chop and the fins have done 40knts

Yes, the fin manufacturers idea of a weed fin differs greatly from what we expect. Hence the reason some people have turned to making them themselves. But some are getting the idea by the looks of the mxr ufo.
Wouldn't mind hearing some feedback on the gun sails fins too.

hey, my advice would be to stick with the deltas, they get better with practise, I've been on them about six months, i actually had one a few yrs ago, used it once in semi flat, and thought, this fin sux, but as i said I've been back on then for about six months, gone from sliding and letting go a lot, to nearly no problems anymore, we have got alpha, speed hr pbs on them

totally agree keef, i think a smart board manufacture has a real opportunity to tap into the gps market, and start designing boards soley for deltas, a narrower less thick tail for starters, since you want the delta making a tight connection with the bottom of the board, you could pretty much have it as a permanent part of the board, even retractable to offer a few sizes for the one board

fins, the jps go well at canton, and the 26wave weed is a thick foil, smallish fin that seems to get overlooked as a performance fin
you got keef, making good custom fins, ha, your trademark should be
"UGLY FINS................THAT PERFORM BEAUTIFULLY!"

you also got Fergie up here, great looking fins, that perform well
Bryon, hugh, greg, they use his fins at peely, and his fins have gone over fourty
he will definitely make you one for about 200

but i would recommend sticking with the deltas, there good, they just require a few adjustments in sailing technique, that will come innately after a couple of sessions

there's one thing you should check with a delta , make sure that's make sure and double check to make sure that your delta fin isn't dropping down into the back of the fin box , if it is, what it does is lifts the front up and there will be a gap at the tip of the fin and board , I don't have any foam between the board and the fin, basically its going to come off at some stage so you may aswell remove it when you first get it ,and do what you need to do to fit the board without it

I use Vector 19 21 23 Speed Weed.

Ha, i was going to delete that,,,,,,,your a good sport Keef,

Milsy said...
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and you wont have to act weird, if you wanna do business, then just do business, no weird grovelling, eg, you wont have to create a thread to kissing his arse

No ass kissing? A simple cash transaction? Wow!!

It's just that rake, and the thickness, and the stainless leading edge, and the carbon construction, so light, and the colour matching... mmmmm...

oh yeah, we would love you to come to peely Aus4, bryon has broken forty, but he hasn't really sailed it much, so the potential for speed is gnormous

glen merrit sailed peely on his way to lake george, in retrospect he said peely was flattest, the negative is strong wind, we dont get much, and thats why primbee is better, it gets stronger wind, pretty flat,,,,,,, peely, average wind, very flat,

ha, needsalt, keefs fins are sweet! and warrant some butt kissing,,,,,,we would love to see you at peely too, ha, don't give up on becoming an awesome sailor, just keep enjoying it,
the few skills I've got, have been forged very very very slowly, hey, theres no time keeping on the path to perfection

ps I love horses!, Quarter horses are my favorite, just a majestic, noble creature.........................unlike fin makers

sick_em_rex said...

AUS4 said...
I use Vector 19 21 23 Speed Weed.

I doubt you'd get away with using them at Peel st or even Canton though Rick. Have you tried yet?

i have been to Canton twice and they were excellent. I won't use them were I would drag them on the bottom all day though.

AUS4 said...

sick_em_rex said...

AUS4 said...
I use Vector 19 21 23 Speed Weed.

I doubt you'd get away with using them at Peel st or even Canton though Rick. Have you tried yet?

i have been to Canton twice and they were excellent. I won't use them were I would drag them on the bottom all day though.

hey rick what you need is something on the leading edge that wont stuff those beautiful fins up