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Re: L41 ST Demo session
« Reply #30 on: June 29, 2021, 06:42:52 PM »
I experimented with fins and found that Keel fins are fun.  Feels like twins have less drag than quads.  Been using the Rasta Keels in weaker waves.

I have a set of Rastas! They are def loose. But I use em with sidebites. Really like the control of a quad better than a twin.

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Re: L41 ST Demo session
« Reply #31 on: June 29, 2021, 11:57:14 PM »
Senior moment. I meant Controllers of course.
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Re: L41 ST Demo session
« Reply #32 on: June 30, 2021, 04:11:55 AM »
I agree Controllers work best. 
But in weak waves they can feel slow.  I experimented with fins and found that Keel fins are fun.  Feels like twins have less drag than quads.  Been using the Rasta Keels in weaker waves.  The area of the Rasta-keels is 24.6 versus 30.3 for the Controllers.  I have the Torren Martyn keel fins on my wish list (height 135mm/ base 178 mm), which look even bigger than the Rastas (height 121 mm/ base 174.5mm).
The Controllers are basically a split keel.

This is an awesome peice of advice.  I also use controllers on my ST.  I'm going to give twins a rip and see how it works in the really gutless summer stuff.
I tried riding my Superfrank as a twin once and while it was really fun once on a wave, I found it hard to paddle straight and had to really adjust my paddle stroke to catch the wave.  Maybe Controllers or keel fins paddle straighter?
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Re: L41 ST Demo session
« Reply #33 on: June 30, 2021, 07:51:54 AM »
That could be an added benefit.  Way back in 2012, playing around with the Phoenix half moons on my 14' Fanatic (under the expert guidance of Larry Allison), I was surprised they seemed to track as well as the big single fin.

 


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