rout out the existing box so the fin is 47deg, and re box, chop up some old glass what ever you have laying around, add some resin what ever you have (vinyl ester, or epoxy) i used vinyl ester, till it pools , wax up board or a fine layer of plastic, dump the chopped glass on the board and lower the fin on to the chop, put some blue painters tape on one side and down too the board, get your wheel and work the glass so the resin pools and packs down, get some more blue tape and stick it on the other side, again using the wheel over the tape get the shape , wait for it to gel when its still softish trim with a blade then sand, the fin is now a useable 47deg 17

Interesting Keef. But what exactly were you trying to achieve here?

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sailquik said...
Interesting Keef. But what exactly were you trying to achieve here?

Making a 17 out of a 15 that was too small...

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sailquik said...
Interesting Keef. But what exactly were you trying to achieve here?

sailquick baseically what i was trying to achieve here was to show you guys how to use a wheel,
the reason for the re box was the 15 speed has a 55 and could have been 60 deg rake, when running off the wind the fin was supa sensitive to back foot pressure (ask bushfire ) today was a test day for a few fins, it wasnt till the end of the day i decided to give the delta a test
nn/e 20 to 30knts ,from flat water to good size chop with some good bare aways with evo5.5, never at any time did i think this fin would let go, i never intended to use the fin in chop, before the rebox the fin was total suicide unless you had supa glassy water
i think i payed $240 , if i hadnt reboxed it i would have sold it to one of my mates for $170

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keef said...

sailquik said...
Interesting Keef. But what exactly were you trying to achieve here?

sailquick baseically what i was trying to achieve here was to show you guys how to use a wheel,
the reason for the re box was the 15 speed has a 55 and could have been 60 deg rake, when running off the wind the fin was supa sensitive to back foot pressure (ask bushfire ) today was a test day for a few fins, it wasnt till the end of the day i decided to give the delta a test
nn/e 20 to 30knts ,from flat water to good size chop with some good bare aways with evo5.5, never at any time did i think this fin would let go, i never intended to use the fin in chop, before the rebox the fin was total suicide unless you had supa glassy water
i think i payed $240 , if i hadnt reboxed it i would have sold it to one of my mates for $170

$240!!!!!!!!! a Delta Speed 15 costs $170.00 + $10 postage = $180.00

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keef said...

sailquik said...
Interesting Keef. But what exactly were you trying to achieve here?

$240!!!!!!!!! a Delta Speed 15 costs $170.00 + $10 postage = $180.00

yes $240 got a mate to order it now there $180 wait till after xmas they will be $100,
gareth dont get me wrong these fins are great," bushfire " has hit 0 to 41+ on his 17.5 slalom, he has also hit 36 to 0 on his speed 15, the fin could be good in glassy water , but i wont be sticking my kneck on the line to find out

Well done Keef. Pleased that it has worked. Next time you are at LI I'll have to take it for a quick squirt.
We were first cabs off the rank Gareth - got them from the UK when they were still at proto stage, hence the extra $$$

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keef said...

legless said...

keef said...

sailquik said...
Interesting Keef. But what exactly were you trying to achieve here?

$240!!!!!!!!! a Delta Speed 15 costs $170.00 + $10 postage = $180.00

yes $240 got a mate to order it now there $180 wait till after xmas they will be $100,
gareth dont get me wrong these fins are great," bushfire " has hit 0 to 41+ on his 17.5 slalom, he has also hit 36 to 0 on his speed 15, the fin could be good in glassy water , but i wont be sticking my kneck on the line to find out

I don't think they will drop in price.

I think the Black project Weed Speed is a better fin much closer in feel to a standard speed fin and handles chop better the only advantage a Delta has is a shorter fin by about 6cm and one that will not stick out past the tail of the board. But I do not have the balls to sail in water that shallow.

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bushfire said...
Well done Keef. Pleased that it has worked. Next time you are at LI I'll have to take it for a quick squirt.
We were first cabs off the rank Gareth - got them from the UK when they were still at proto stage, hence the extra $$$

that was keen....well at least you got to play with them first.

hey legless i was just pulling your leg about the $100 , derrrrrrrr sick joke

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bushfire said...
Well done Keef. Pleased that it has worked. Next time you are at LI I'll have to take it for a quick squirt.
We were first cabs off the rank Gareth - got them from the UK when they were still at proto stage, hence the extra $$$

bushy i know your going to recycle yours, if you can get down here and give this a go before its on the chopping block, it mite give you a few idea's, the 47 rake and extended leading edge is unbelievable

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the only advantage a Delta has is a shorter fin by about 6cm and one that will not stick out past the tail of the board. But I do not have the balls to sail in water that shallow.

legless i feel your pain "ouch" thems the breaks when you dont have any legs, try leaveing them in your hand bag and dont forget to lock the car so no one can nic them

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hey legless i was just pulling your leg about the $100 , derrrrrrrr sick joke

bushfire said...
Well done Keef. Pleased that it has worked. Next time you are at LI I'll have to take it for a quick squirt.
We were first cabs off the rank Gareth - got them from the UK when they were still at proto stage, hence the extra $$$

bushy i know your going to recycle yours, if you can get down here and give this a go before its on the chopping block, it mite give you a few idea's, the 47 rake and extended leading edge is unbelievable

You should sell your modified design back to Maui Ultra fins.

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You should sell your modified design back to Maui Ultra fins.

legless we all know that if it wasn't for the custom guys we would be still sailing wally's, production and custom feed off each other , production will latch onto a custom idea and the custom will take it one step further, its like a bouncing ball