Windsurfing fin flex

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ABCELMO
ABCELMO
104 posts
104 posts
20 Nov 2012 5:47pm
Broke a fin today without hitting anything though did notice weeks a small crack at the base (thought it was paint cracking). Maybe this is why it finally let go?


Scotf
Scotf
QLD
1241 posts
QLD, 1241 posts
21 Nov 2012 6:27pm
Everything looks so much better in slow mo...
jusavina
jusavina
QLD
1504 posts
QLD, 1504 posts
22 Nov 2012 10:03am
Scotf said...
Everything looks so much better in slow mo...


hitch
hitch
QLD
144 posts
QLD, 144 posts
28 Nov 2012 12:29pm
do you notice it is flexing the wrong way?? if sailing normal it would flex toward the wind, it flexes downwind so he must be pulling though the initial turn of a hard gybe, but it is amazing to see - is that why long course fins produce a lot of lift? they are curved under load & are like a hydrofoil?? I had no idea - what a great clip
Jactheripp3r
Jactheripp3r
QLD
14 posts
QLD, 14 posts
5 Dec 2012 10:12pm
Good quality formula fins are designed to flex like that down wind to let out some power, otherwise the board lifts up and spits you off, but i dont think it affects smaller fins.
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