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foamy wrote:thruster is a very specific type of tri fin.

Exactly. (You pay attention too loofknuckle)

Look at the fin placement. The side fins. Does this look like a thruster placement? Looks pretty pulled back towards the tail to me. And the trailer fin placement in relation to the side fins. Hardly looks like a typical equilateral thruster/shortboard set up.

There's three FCS2 fin bases of equal size. That's about the only thing that would make it appear thruster-like (at a glance).

Hatchnam wrote:I used Chris Garrett twins (similar to MR set up, but not exact).

Side fins: Height...144mm Base...138mm Rake...191mm
Trailer fin: Height...90mm Base...75mm Rake...90mm

http://www.chrisgarrettshapes.com.au/pr ... in-fin-2-1

The trailer fin tip of the rear base sits 100mm up from the centre point of the diamond tail.


The side fins tip of the rear base sits about 265mm up from the centre point of the diamond tail.

Thanks, definitely not a normal thruster set up.

MR makes a twin with a trailer OPTION for larger surf where a bit of hold is required. Not sure what the issue is.

I like this one.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPMuDr-gent ... surfboards

FFS surf it how you want to and let the douche bag pedantics whinge about what to call it on the net while you're actually out surfing hatchy

Swell should be overhead tomorrow. So I'll give the board a go with and without the trailer fin and report back on the difference.

So it's a mini Simmons then?
Dial in 5ft face close outs tomorrow.

What's a mini simmons? Midday piss up for you?

Hatchnam wrote:Swell should be overhead tomorrow.

Where are you Hatchy? If you're in sydney i wouldn't get your hopes too high.

Beanpole wrote: Dial in 5ft face close outs tomorrow.

I think you're both on crack.

I wrote that on Jan 14, and today is Feb 4. Have you been drinking beanpoles moonshine? Be careful, he's already showing signs of early onset.

Where's the review of your two plus one? (Not twin)

I've only had it out in smallish conditions til now. So far it's great. Fast as hell and carves like mad. Want to wait til I can get it in a solid five foot groundswell then see what's up. I reckon it'll handle it no worries. For now, I've still got (another) week and a half before I can surf again (recovering from ear infection)

Hatchnam wrote:I've only had it out in smallish conditions til now. So far it's great. Fast as hell and carves like mad. Want to wait til I can get it in a solid five foot groundswell then see what's up. I reckon it'll handle it no worries. For now, I've still got (another) week and a half before I can surf again (recovering from ear infection)

Early forecast shows possible action this weekend - keen to hear how it goes. My RTT was good in solid waves, but nothing special in smaller stuff so i offloaded it. What fins you running in yours hatchy?

I'm meant to stay out of the water til Wednesday next week (3 weeks in total) but Wednesday and Thursday is forecasting a fairly sizeable east swell, so reckon i will go out (with a giant wad of blu-tac in my ears).

Running Chris Garrett fins. Similar to MR fins, though the twins are a bit bigger, and the stabiliser is a bit smaller.

http://www.chrisgarrettshapes.com.au/pr ... in-fin-2-1

I like the stabiliser option

thats nice

deepestreaches instagram.
Corey colapinto ripping on an 8'6 twinny.

how many guys have ridden a twin fin with deep channels. Im thinking of building one in the near future for a mate who use to ride twinnies and use to ride channels in his thruster as well. The reason im thinking channels, and probably just four as four seem to suit a twinny. Im thinking the channels with give that little bit of an extra hold when you bury the rail. Im thinking the tail will either be a moon tail or a old bat tail as was done back by bill at Nirvana. Im also thinking of adding a moon fin as a trailer for just that little bit more hold. One because at my mates age of 50 we just dont have the flexibilty of our youth to be sliding the board around, plus we have just that bit more weight than our 16 to 20 year old selves. I wont run the middle set of channels out the tail, but the two side channels will run out the tail. The channels themselves with follow the toe and i will try to match the cant with the cant of the channel if you know what i mean. Im thinking flat deck, or if I can get a thick enough blank maybe even a slight concave deck. The bottom will run a slight single concave, by this I mean a beautiful subtle concave that then leads into the channels. So in efffect I will by trying to guide the flow of water down into the channels. I aim to keep as much foam as possible.

Not sure if it will work, though I would appreciate some feedback from anyone who has ridden a clinker style twinny. Did you like it. What fins did you have in them (one of the beautiful aspects of channels is that you can use a smaller fin, though im not sure if this would be the case with a twinny.). What was the placement of the fins. Im thinking six inches then fin up baby... though plenty of time for me to think about this.

Im still setting up my bay, got one shape to complete, then its twinny time. I have to get my op over and done with before I can shape as well.

Cheers guys. Hope all has been gettign some great waves