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| Blank cut out fins. Two held in the clamp. |
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| Slightly molded fins |
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| Side Thruster Fins glassed in place.With a wood joint to the bottom deck. |
Recent update.
After breaking the fins off of a finished board. (aka The Big Fish F-01) a double fin setup I cant seem to find pics of.
I had to cut out new fins. Fit them to the board, measure in my fin lines, wood joint and glass them in. My first time riding a surfboard home built. Well really riding anything in the water that was all built by my own hands.Just that in its self feels great. Now to take the board out for a second test spin.
As the first one only lasted a 30 min. period or so. Didn't give me to high of hopes for the board.
She felt really loose and felt like she wanted to travel all over the place,with just two small fins. They also broke off easy,reason for the second test run. Going to head up to LaPush, Wa. and Neah Bay, Wa. for some mushy surf, as the reports haven't showed much of anything good.
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| fins attached to the board. |
For the second trial run I will go with the modern 3 fin setup.But as you can see i didn't follow modern design. I still wanted the board to have a nice fast ability, to turn and jump around.Still feel alive and not just cruse down the line.Why would i put such a big fin on.??
I have a idea on how the surfboards react to the water.
I will report back shortly after returning from the nw pacific ocean...!!!
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