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6' 8" Diamond tail quad - in progress
 

This is my first quad. I have spent weeks researching the fin configuration for this board and finally decided on a set up similar to a McKee M4 Quattro pattern. I hope this will give me the looseness and drive I am looking for. I plan to experiment with single foiled keel fins up front - these wide base templates will give me plenty of drive. These will be coupled with double foiled standard templates in the rear which will be placed well off the rail to retain some looseness in the tail. I am combining this set up with diamond tail which I believe will compliment this type of fin cluster.


























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Apart from a small kick in the nose this board >
has a relativelylow entry rocker which suits this
style of board. I tend not to shape boards with
plenty of rocker as they can push water and
therefore don't paddle well. We rarely get hollow
surf here on the South Coast so boards with
large amounts of rocker aren't necessary.

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The blank I shaped for this board was a retro blank available from Homeblown based in Cornwall. This view of the finished blank shows the tail rocker and foil

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<  Rail profiles are 40/60 up front, 70/30 in the middle and 80/20 in the hips. The rails are fairly hard from approximately the leading edge of where the front fins will be placed back to the tail.






























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                View of the nose, deck and low entry
                  rocker.
 
Board template measurements are as follows: >
                         length 6' 8"
                        width 21"
                            nose 16"  
                            tail 14.5"
                           3" thick
                                                                                                                                                              

 I have shaped a vee channel in the tail - the edges of which will align with the rear Futures fin boxes - this has also been combined with a concave in the tail. The flow through the fins and tail should be similar to a bonzer which creates it's own drive. I only hope the channel won't create too many problems when glassing.  V

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