I got one coming

Thanks man
I've decided to build this as my smaller board due to them not being the best when marginal... but I'm excited about a couple of ideas I'm putting in it
Also its exactly 30yrs since I got my one and only asymmetric that was an epoxy sandwich so very exciting in 1991 .... but it was made by some random dude, poorly repaired by someone else and as a young bloke I had no idea. Its was a sh!t board to start with, not right for me, and been repaired with wood filler (like literally brown porous stuff sucking in more water.
Fond memories making me seeing if I can get something better this time. I know its going to bottom and top turn wonderfully.... as to the rest, well that might be up to the universe as assy's are a bit fickle huh

Hard to tell from the pics but is that only asymmetric in the tail, or is it different widths each side throughout ?

Good stuff!!
Got my 1st from Doug Haut in spring '87...poly glass 8'3", 11" Starboard, 10" port, 20 lbs.
Used maybe 60 days at Waddell, Davenport over 3 years.

Mark _australia said..
Mould:

Very nicely done.

What do you use to make the mould for the base?

I'm on Maui at the moment. (Great sailing last few days) Asymmetrics seem to be what a lot of local sailors are sailing now.

^^^ Thanks man
Its stalled due to other work commitments but its my small board so from the forecasts so far looks like I've got a while :(

Opposite tack to KT's boards, we have left to right seabreeze when you're standing on the beach. Starboard tack riding. Goofy.

I have left the rocker the same as the other changes are significant enough and didn't want to go nuts on the first assy. If you make everything too wild and its a dog then its hard to diagnose what's wrong....
This is a 'normal' board that I know will work well - and then some minor tweaks to outline, rail, volume distribution and then obviously that tail :)

So long side to windward on the way out and to leeward on the wave?

If I'm following correctly this kind of implies that a tubby shape will offer advantages in the top turn while a more traditional shape offers them in the bottom turn?
Volume distribution is a very interesting thing. I wonder if the assys are weird to slog because of it?

Interesting fin setup. Is it a Thruster on the bottom turn side, quad on the top turn side?

Dunno if the rear foot positions will be used at that extreme, would be almost dipping toes in the bottom turn but will be interesting to find out just how far over we can go......

Love it. First sail today and it works as expected. Tried as thruster with 19 / 10's. Forgot about fins so had to quickly make a 19 this morning!!!!!

Really, nothing extreme or magic recipe here, I just got a waveboard that I know works well, gave it a smidge more tail rocker and chopped the top turn rail. So we know from that it will turn better.

The reduction in early planing is minor and its a fast-ish rocker in the mid section. The loss of tail area contributes to that also.... so as a heavy guy and its my small board yeah its a Gnaraloo board. But I knew that I'd get little use out of it. Slightly slower to plane but once planing its fast.
Turns insane - just lovely.

Again, for heavy guy if the wind drops in the break you need to load weight forward abit more than other boards, but those (predicted) tradeoffs are worth it for a pure DTL board that turns so well..

Yet to try as quad/thruster - maybe tomorrow

But so far I reckon I'd only make very minor tweaks to this design, its very nice.

You've got this as your higher wind board. Thoughts on building an assy to suite the other end of the spectrum to try and get a bigger board to turn right?

Proper review. Bearing in mid I'm 105kegs or so, and used this in mega powered 5.3 (others on 4.7) and then next day well powered 5.0 (others on 4.2-4.5)

Set up as thruster with 19cm/ 10cm x2 was nice on a wave but very loose and skatey on way out, crabbing a bit and would not quite go upwind to what I'd like. With all that, I figured it was underfinned.

Changed up from 10cm to to the 11cm (with quite a bit more area and stiffer) on the top turn side (short rail) and it transformed. Just as good on a wave but now trucking upwind .... almost quad-like .... and much more secure in the rough stuff / traversing the break overpowered. Lovely.
Can't say enough good stuff about the turning its magnificent... if u go too hard top turn becomes a180 real fast with the nose straight into the wind, but it predictable and recoverable. It really needs no discernable heel input to make the top turn.

Also I presumed this would be a DTL only board for the good days - but in powered up cross on at Corro it has been really nice. The mega loose top turn like a twin or better, with secure drivey bottom turn like a thruster ensures it feels really playful. So my assumption about assy for perfect waves - maybe not. Potential for more fun in ****ty stufftoo.

Seen Stoney's assy now and everyone using it loves it (same spot same days as me) . Stoked to be doing something really different that is working for me. Stoneys is really working for a few people so I think assy's done right are not just a cross-off board and not at all like the 1980's can openers

I reckon you do man.