It took a while, but finally finished my foil board.
Two short sessions this weekend, a bit rusty but I was super happy with the board. Plenty of float ( guess 135 litres plus) and it was happy to grovel off the foil. Touch downs were no problem with super smooth release.
I have set it up initially with straps in board. Taking a bit of getting use to but think I will persevere with it.
Best bit, it will fit in the back tray of my dual can Ute. ( design priority:)
186 x 75

Nice mate! Love that paint job

Agree, that paint job looks frggin awesome! good to see you back out on the water.

Love It!
I like how your bevels run parallel to centerline and the die out before the tail. I have tried a couple boards with bevels that wraps around to the tail, it is essentially massive tail rocker and that pork's planning. I still feel like bevels or similar arced cross sections can help release the flat bottom surface tension and therefore launch earlier, but they have to be detailed properly so they don't cause drag at planning speeds. Your design looks like a nice balanced design in this aspect. Love the thickness with the full outline, short but stable! Perfect finish details! Tuttle and tracks! The Tuttle is a light, strong off the shelf way to connect the tracks to the deck, I built my board that way and I am glad to have the option to run both! My best mast these days is track but I use the Tuttle to gauge foil location. I make sure the Tuttle is never completely covered with the mast plate so any water can drain in flight. Keep us in the loop as you put more hours on it and really learn how she goes.
Any core or is it single skin? What the laminate schedule, EPS density and board weight?

Nice work

Super nice buid and paint job!!!!

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utcminusfour said..
Love It!
I like how your bevels run parallel to centerline and the die out before the tail. I have tried a couple boards with bevels that wraps around to the tail, it is essentially massive tail rocker and that pork's planning. I still feel like bevels or similar arced cross sections can help release the flat bottom surface tension and therefore launch earlier, but they have to be detailed properly so they don't cause drag at planning speeds. Your design looks like a nice balanced design in this aspect. Love the thickness with the full outline, short but stable! Perfect finish details! Tuttle and tracks! The Tuttle is a light, strong off the shelf way to connect the tracks to the deck, I built my board that way and I am glad to have the option to run both! My best mast these days is track but I use the Tuttle to gauge foil location. I make sure the Tuttle is never completely covered with the mast plate so any water can drain in flight. Keep us in the loop as you put more hours on it and really learn how she goes.
Any core or is it single skin? What the laminate schedule, EPS density and board weight?

Standard 13kg/m3 eps, 3mm core cell btm and deck, ( 6mm around foil tracks). 200 g T700 biax carbon, plus innegra rail band. It was under 9kg before pads and straps. Design borrows heavily from the original Severne predator proto.

Looks good Darryl!
Inboard straps and mast base back will take some adjusting to but worth the effort I reckon

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utcminusfour said..
Love It!
I like how your bevels run parallel to centerline and the die out before the tail. I have tried a couple boards with bevels that wraps around to the tail, it is essentially massive tail rocker and that pork's planning. I still feel like bevels or similar arced cross sections can help release the flat bottom surface tension and therefore launch earlier, but they have to be detailed properly so they don't cause drag at planning speeds. Your design looks like a nice balanced design in this aspect. Love the thickness with the full outline, short but stable! Perfect finish details! Tuttle and tracks! The Tuttle is a light, strong off the shelf way to connect the tracks to the deck, I built my board that way and I am glad to have the option to run both! My best mast these days is track but I use the Tuttle to gauge foil location. I make sure the Tuttle is never completely covered with the mast plate so any water can drain in flight. Keep us in the loop as you put more hours on it and really learn how she goes.
Any core or is it single skin? What the laminate schedule, EPS density and board weight?

Standard 13kg/m3 eps, 3mm core cell btm and deck, ( 6mm around foil tracks). 200 g T700 biax carbon, plus innegra rail band. It was under 9kg before pads and straps. Design borrows heavily from the original Severne predator proto.

Thank You Darryl!
Our little niche sport is so lucky to have pros like you and Mark sharing your knowledge for the good of the community!
I have a love/hate with Innegra! I love it when I am done, the boards never need repairs. I hate it when I am so close to being done with the build, but I am covering up all the bare Innegra spots where I sanded through the carbon I know if I tried an Innegra rail wrap like that I would have a burn through top and bottom at the seam edge. It is really amazing how tidy and precise your laminating and fairing skills are!

Any pictures in action?

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DarrylG said..

Nice - look forward to seeing you at Cott again

Other than a bit of string weed, today was a very pleasant day. A warm breeze at the end of a hot summer day. Wind was around 16 knots good bumps and the odd breaking wave over the reef.
Darryls board looks good and I can confirm he has adapted to the inboard straps very quickly. Only time I saw him fall off was when he hit something enough to knock anyone off!
Great job

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DarrylG said..
It took a while, but finally finished my foil board.
Two short sessions this weekend, a bit rusty but I was super happy with the board. Plenty of float ( guess 135 litres plus) and it was happy to grovel off the foil. Touch downs were no problem with super smooth release.
I have set it up initially with straps in board. Taking a bit of getting use to but think I will persevere with it.
Best bit, it will fit in the back tray of my dual can Ute. ( design priority:)
186 x 75

The sizing is perfect, It will just fit in my ute too ??
Happy to try it winging for you as well ??
Let me know when your finished with it ??