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Tuttle mount dagger fin in SUP foil board for foil-less flat water paddling ?

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Created by camerongraham > 9 months ago, 30 Sep 2021
camerongraham
NSW, 113 posts
30 Sep 2021 9:44PM
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Ive just upgraded to a new Kalama E3 5'10" SUP foil board and my wife has recently discovered the joy and serenity of flat water paddling a SUP (Pittwater/Lake Jindabyne/Lake Ainsworth etc).
Since Im not really riding my SUP anymore (learning to foil) she can easily paddle my 8'5" Naish Mana, but when I try and paddle the 5'10" SUP foil board (without a mast/foil) on flat water, obviously I go around in circles with every stroke of the paddle - no **** Sherlock :-)
Today I fitted a reasonably large track mounted fin from my Mal in one of the tracks on the Kalama and I went in circles, so my question is - If I was to fit a large, dagger style fin in the tuttle mount and have it slid as far back as possible in the tracks, will that be enough to give me some directional stability to be able to paddle in a somewhat straight line ?
Is it length or overall area that is going to possibly give the board some resistance to yaw?
If so, then when my wife wants to go for cruisy paddles on flatwater I could simply remove the mast/foil from the Kalama fit a big fin and not have to buy another SUP board...



camerongraham
NSW, 113 posts
30 Sep 2021 9:56PM
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I haven't had a chance to ride the Kalama in the surf yet, it only arrived yesterday and today was a bit lumpy for me at low tide/crowded Palmy.
I did take it for a quick paddle at Kiddies Corner (Palmy) and even though its only 5'10" its 123 litres, so I was pretty happy that I could stay upright in the rip and chop. Its quite narrow at the tail so I can easily pull myself forward onto the board from in the water and prone paddle on it


camerongraham
NSW, 113 posts
2 Oct 2021 9:21AM
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Tried this set up on flat water just now, not going in circles anymore and can hold a heading with 3 short strokes per side/ J strokes
im going to invest in some larger area front and rear fins and then I can use this board to cruise flat water with my wife on my 8'5" SUP


Grantmac
1953 posts
2 Oct 2021 8:19AM
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Throw a pair of touring SUP fins in there, much less drag than the adapter.



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