FANATIC FREEWAVE 115 TE 2021 TRIFIN SET

lysandro

I Craig, i'd like to know what tri-fin set for Fanatic freewave 115 Team Edition 2021, i usually use it with 6.3 and 5.3 freewave sails, thanks alex

craig

Hi Alex, check out the Maui Fin Co website - I would go for maybe approx 24/25 centre and side 11/12 for that 6.3, for sure smaller though on the 5.3 on the centre fin. So it's just a question of which sail you use the most there. K4 also a good option/more durable and cost efficient?

lysandro

Hi Craig, thanks!

So i'll use Maui Company Fin freewave 25 centre and side 11 for 6.3 sail and 23 freewave centre fin and 11 side with 5.3.

Alex

Blaster

Hi Craig,
where I sail it’s really shallow sometimes (estuary, lowish high tides at neaps) and my 46cm fin with my Gecko 156 runs aground. I took it out with a 29cm fin today, planing no problem, but hard to turn etc.
I’m thinking of adding thrusters to help manoeuvrability.
Is this a brilliant idea or just bonkers? If the former, roughy where should the thrusters go?
The goal is to create a high volume board that planes in shallow water and is easy to turn, steer etc. I have a smaller board with a 40cm fin but I still like my bigger board (more buoyancy, easier to tack, easier to plane) and the 40cm fin would still be too big.

Thanks
Elliot

craig

Hi Elliot, sure why not, there are some brands making thruster Freeride shapes for shallow water, although the ones I have tried were not great to be honest - but if there is no choice on water depth, then go for it. Best is to make sure for Freeride sailing that the boxes are parallel to the centre line/power box in tail - not angled inwards like on wakeboards.....maybe 1-2cm from the rail and approx 10 cm further forward than your centre fin - but I would have to check with our shaper to be exact here...