teatrea said...

I have been comparing my DC 17 to some other down wind boards i have seen on the net , in particular i noticed my fin is near the tail of the board and others i have seen are not only much larger but further forward.Would this be because my board is more of a planing board and the other set up with the larger fin is more suited to displacement hulls for stability?Like a Yacht?

hi teatrea, i'm waiting and interested to hear from the experienced, looks like its all quite on the western front- touchy subject maybe!

teatrea said...

Touchy subject! Dont now why im just interested to learn some more about these boards.Also in some boards are they trying to get the best of both worlds.
Seems from what i can gleam displacement better for the flat and planing for the surf.

i'm with you, lots of stuff to learn. dale said to me yours and mine are displacement to planing to displacement, don't know about you, but i'm a happy camper
cheers
ps as newbies we should hookup for a paddle sometime

I have no complaints with my board either , just eager to learn.Ill be in a down winder with for sure , its a little disconcerting being way out their on your own.

teatrea said...

I have no complaints with my board either , just eager to learn.Ill be in a down winder with for sure , its a little disconcerting being way out their on your own.

i know what you mean.murky water doesn't help

Its 18ft X 26 wide sounds like a stand up and looks fast would love to see how it went on a few runners.

Hey teatrea
The fin on your 17 is a bit smaller than most out there but it never really bothered me to much and in all the downwind runs I've done i have only had the fin come out of the back off the wave once and that was on a really big step runner other than that it has worked fine. If you do want a bigger one dale was going to make me on for it for a cheap price.

There heaps on this forum and the standupzone about displacement hulls so might be worth a read.

Jacko

Sh!!!!!!t what a radical stand up ...sorry mate I was wrong. That would fly but at only 26 it would be really hard to stand on espcially with that tail.