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Windsurfing fin flex

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Created by ABCELMO > 9 months ago, 20 Nov 2012
ABCELMO
104 posts
20 Nov 2012 5:47PM
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Broke a fin today without hitting anything though did notice weeks a small crack at the base (thought it was paint cracking). Maybe this is why it finally let go?


Scotf
QLD, 1241 posts
21 Nov 2012 6:27PM
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Everything looks so much better in slow mo...

jusavina
QLD, 1491 posts
22 Nov 2012 10:03AM
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Scotf said...
Everything looks so much better in slow mo...


hitch
QLD, 144 posts
28 Nov 2012 12:29PM
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do you notice it is flexing the wrong way?? if sailing normal it would flex toward the wind, it flexes downwind so he must be pulling though the initial turn of a hard gybe, but it is amazing to see - is that why long course fins produce a lot of lift? they are curved under load & are like a hydrofoil?? I had no idea - what a great clip

Jactheripp3r
QLD, 14 posts
5 Dec 2012 10:12PM
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Good quality formula fins are designed to flex like that down wind to let out some power, otherwise the board lifts up and spits you off, but i dont think it affects smaller fins.



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