Here are the three fins for the new Rogue 9'5" which I'm building currently. It's a round tail and will have a moderately deep single concave, with around 5.5" of rocker ( nose and tail ) with a wide point 30% aft. I'll post pictures of the 5 panels soon, five panels are being used as it will make life easier bending in the nose rocker.
The fin setup is a development of one I've done previously on a 10'9" pintail which was very fast ( 37+mph on a head high low period swell ). At the time I felt that it would be better on a roundtail, hence the Rogue.
Using a more highly rockered board with a tunnel fin is tricky to get right but can be very rewarding. The Rogue rocker is based on a more highly rockered tunnel fin equipped concave bottomed 10'4" pintail which was a favourite back in the year 2000.
1 comments:
Hi Roy, always been a fan of your fins.
Whats the story with the 2 1/4 circle side fins ? Do you see the sides as being more effective than the bottom part of the tunnel fin ?
And do the side pieces give lift or what?
Good going mate, youre a legend just for being the quiet achiever !!
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