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I designed the board for average 15 to 20 knot days at my local onshorish beachbreak that has a small wave and often has a side current dragging guys downwind. The 8 year old board I was copying got on the plane quickly and did nice tight little turns I just wanted more volume/float to help planning in the side current.
Ok first day out my front fins hadn't arrived on my old board I use 16 rears and 9 fronts so I used 15 rears and 10 fronts I was hoping for lighter winds,wind was like this.
Used it with a 5.3 it felt very similar to my other board I could feel the extra float, it did feel like it wanted to straighten up a bit in the turns. But I was quite happy.
Next day was even stronger went out with my 5.0 and put some old 9cm front fins in, wind was like this
Still not the conditions it was designed for, but I couldnt get the smile off my face! The 9cm fins improved the turns heaps.
On my lightwind 110 litre board the 10cm fronts paired up with 17cm rears turn great. I'm being really OCD and picky here, It seems to me there is a certain ratio of front to rear fin area that stops the board wanting to slightly straighten up mid turn if enough foot pressure isnt consistently applied.
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Really enjoying his board build videos. Really want to see the secret stuff!
its good to see other variations in techniques and see other time saving ways of doing things. I thought the taped up rail lap was interesting instead of a free lap, makes it a lot neater even and smoother eg less ridges finish. Also like his attention to detail and appreciate the time and effort he puts in. Glad I'm not the only one who uses box loads of masking tape. I'm itching to make another one!
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