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gavnwend said..

finally got to try out the new fury x11 on my new isonic 90 . off the wind excellent at times thinking feels smaller than 36cm.pretty controlled going across the wind in chop not so sure about pointing up wind feeling it will let go probably need a bigger fin like 38cm all in all these furys are wicked for control & speed.

Hi gavnwend,
what do you mean by "fury x11"?
What sail size did you use?

I received 12 Fury's for me and my friends a couple weeks ago.
Personally I didn't have the chance yet to test any of the 3 ones of mine (32, 38, 44) enough to say anything that makes sense. But the friends who were able to test theirs are pretty enthusiastic.
They speak of great control at full speed, ability to stay sheeted in and push all the time and even pretty good upwind. One sailor (lightweight) tested his 36 with Loft Blade 7.8 and RRD X-Fire 114 in 20 kots + on Lake Garda; another (heavyweight) tested his 46 with RRD X-Fire 129 and Firewing 8.7 in light winds in the sea.

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fins look great geoITA it looks like you got the package deal 12 or more minus the screw nuts , also notice you have the option for deep Tuttle

Hi keef,
as far as I know there is no package deal, never seen any Tectonics fin with screw nuts and the Tuttle option is commonly available. Only, Dennis convinced me not to have fins based in deep Tuttle if not really long (at first the 41 was supposed to be in deep Tuttle, along with those two 44's). Must say that the heads are quite heavy, I don't know whether if ordering again same sizes we would ask for those two 44 in deep Tuttle.

Just when I finally started getting used to my Fury...





Some Kayak buoy that was barely submerged...:(

At last, I had a chance to test my new Fury's. Not quite the right conditions, rather in the low end of my board/sail/fin combo (Mistral SL112, TR-X 7.7 and Fury 38). But was good for testing, as, while I have no doubts the fin will deliver its best when sailing fully powered, I had many doubts about its low end performances.
I was surprised. It really seemed to have a flexy carbon fin. Tons of lift, ability to keep the plane at slow speed, good upwind although needs some sensible feet, very soft spinout and extremely good spinout recover. It trims the board nicely as soon as there is some power and keeps it flat and high on the water. Also briefly tested the Fury 44 with same sail and SL137 board, felt even better.
I think the Fury will be a "must have" fin.

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geoITA said..
At last, I had a chance to test my new Fury's. Not quite the right conditions, rather in the low end of my board/sail/fin combo (Mistral SL112, TR-X 7.7 and Fury 38). But was good for testing, as, while I have no doubts the fin will deliver its best when sailing fully powered, I had many doubts about its low end performances.
I was surprised. It really seemed to have a flexy carbon fin. Tons of lift, ability to keep the plane at slow speed, good upwind although needs some sensible feet, very soft spinout and extremely good spinout recover. It trims the board nicely as soon as there is some power and keeps it flat and high on the water. Also briefly tested the Fury 44 with same sail and SL137 board, felt even better.
I think the Fury will be a "must have" fin.

I've been using my 37 for a low end fin and thought it did pretty good. Might replace it with something with more low end power though. Thinking about getting some smaller furys as I believe they are incredible in harsh/choppy conditions!

So how do the Fury's compare to the Talon for sizing. Would you replace the a Talon with the same size Fury?

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KevinD002 said..




" I believe they are incredible "

I know the word is used all the time these days. But what does it actually mean?

I know, we used to say "You can't have your cake and eat it "

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Waiting4wind said...
So how do the Fury's compare to the Talon for sizing. Would you replace the a Talon with the same size Fury?

Not at all.
Dennis Parton suggested me about "1 cms shorter than a Talon and 1 - 1.5 cms longer than a carbon fin" (of course it depends on which carbon fin). But I don't think a 39 cms Talon would have made my Mistral plane in such conditions.
I assume that DP's suggestion applies to performances when fully powered up. But the Fury's seem to behave in a much different way. I tried a few time to use my Mistral boards with the Talon's but with the SL112 it was very tough to get a decent trim; I used 38 and 40 fins with 7.0 and 7.7 sails, but the nose was always riding too high, the upwind rail was always too 'heavy' and going upwind seemed impossible. With the 38 Fury and 7.7 I had a perfect trim, flat and tall, immediately when up on a plane.
For some mysterious reason instead the SL137 proved sailable with a 42 Talon and an 8.4. But I guess it could be because the SL137 has such a huge range and actually I must have been very well powered up and didn't sense it.
Anyhow: too short time sailing in order to say something useful, but indeed the Fury's in light winds behave different and much better compared to the Talon's.

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Ian K said...

KevinD002 said..




" I believe they are incredible "

I know the word is used all the time these days. But what does it actually mean?

I know, we used to say "You can't have your cake and eat it "

True true!

In the furys case, the fin allowed my isonic to go into auto pilot mode in really choppy conditions. Basically only had to worry about the sail trim instead of the board.