The happy accidental experiment
To continue the "from the rafters" series I present my "Fish"
Shaped in the summer of 73 by John Silver
The photo stretches the outline it's really pretty stubbie.
Shaped in the summer of 73 by John Silver
The photo stretches the outline it's really pretty stubbie.
The blunt nose fish was popular at the time.
Flat deck, not much nose rocker and just a little in the tail
Thick with the foam carried out to the rails
Thick with the foam carried out to the rails
How many fins does your twin fin have?
OK here's the story.
John was shaping the board for free, I just had to pay for the blank
and glassing.
I was broke (some things never change) and couldn't afford the cost
of the fins so I told him to just put a box in it and I'll figure it out later.
I played with a couple of different fins but I liked this one
the best.
I wedged a dowel behind the box and siliconed everything in place.
The board still surfs very "fish like".
This arrangement actually works better backside and didn't
track like a lot of the twins of the era.
The shortness also introduced me to the no paddle late takeoff.
I'm still a big fan after all these years.
I really fun board, I took it to Bali in 74.
All in all a happy accidental experiment!
Comments
But there have been people that tell me what I have is a swallow tail stubbie.
What do you think?
Trust me
Except that Manny of Mandala keeps adding side fins to stubbies so I feel like the description should include "single."
And so my headache begins.
"Very,very fishy" has been used to describe myself as well as my boards... but that not withstanding...
I did add the side bites at one time to get a little more direction out of the turns and to handle steeper waves.
The board is more short wide and fishy looking than my meager photography skills show.
I skip the headache by defining all of my "boards" as "Fixed Craft" with the mat being the variable one.