As a spill on from melihs sail forum.
Please post pics of strange windsurf ideas , good or bad .

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Before i laugh at others , here are some of mine and how i rate them.

Somehow showed potential , ( board rode a little higher and planed through lulls better ) , to aid light wind planing but it only worked in fresh water , ( go figure ) ? Maybe too much drag in saltwater . Lost interest . May revisit and change angles one day .



Absolute crap idea to make it plane earlier . I suppose it did a little , but it made a crap board even crapper !



Foil on RB , a copied idea . It is a good idea and works . Ive only tried three times so im still in crash mode . Had a few short , kinda controlled flights.
It was light gusty wind with an 8.7 sail. Have high hopes of this working.


Although this is not my invention , V gripping a boom before covering is absolutely fantastic . Very high recommendation .

Imax1 said..

revisited!

aeolos said..

Imax1 said..

Somehow showed potential , ( board rode a little higher and planed through lulls better ) , to aid light wind planing but it only worked in fresh water , ( go figure ) ? Maybe too much drag in saltwater . Lost interest . May revisit and change angles one day .

did you write about this project somewhere in more detail?
I thought about adding to slot boxes on a 150liter 270x80cm board.
But the reason being shallow water. The spot I sail at most of the time I can only use a 25cm (seaweed) fin safely, and sometimes only 20cm fin.

I guess 3x 25cm fin would be better than just one. But one long fin still beats the 3 fin setup for freeride/freerace boards.

I have also seen an interesting early planning/ freeride board with 3 powerbox fins made here in Germany

hejfly.de/dropinn-mx/

The added side fins was an earlier addition before the board extension . It was for shallow water . I was using the board for teaching , which worked quite well . Ive seen a review , ( and pics ) , where someone used three shallow weed fins on a formula board . He said it worked well.
I think it would work good on your board . Be aware that a three fin set up usually has toe in on the side fins . If your using larger side fins , it may slow the board . I would think parallel fin boxes would be best .

Its been posted before , i love it !