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Reged: 01/16/06
Posts: 7124
Loc: Carlsbad
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Re: Twinzer Feedback
03/08/11 08:44 AM
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I've said before that I'm not sure if my twinzers are actually faster than they would be as a twin but I think they definitely feel different. I surfed one of them (kind of a modfish shape) without my leaders a couple weeks ago because I had accidentally left the leaders in another board at home. The board surfed okay but I didn't feel the hook up that I normally feel on that board. Believe it or not, the board didn't seem to go rail-to-rail as easily. For info, that board has a good amount of vee and I'm using a 5.25 x 5.25 main fin set 9" forward of the tail.
I'm wondering how much effect the additional cant on the leader has to do with the way the combination feels. I set my leader at 10* and my main at 4* (yeah, I know).
I don't have a lot of experience with bonzers, just a few sessions, but I've felt the difference between those and the singles. Those leaders with the additional cant definitely leave their mark of the ride, especially going backside.
Another aspect of the twinzer setup I was mulling is that it seems to be another way to add more fin area to the rail without making it harder to control. Thinking back to the original MRs using 6" Brewer-type fins in the more upright position, the "standard" 4.8 x 5.10 twin templates seem pretty small.
I know there's a point of diminishing returns and that more eventually becomes too much. I also know that moving the fins back on a board makes a big difference in both the ride and how much fin you need to get the job done. Maybe GGs rear set twin position and template accomplishes the job of doing more with less, and maybe the addition of a leader to his combo would be counterproductive.
I'm not entirely convinced that's the case, though. My other twinzer is a 5-5 fishie with a 17" tail. I set that board up with a 6.75" keel set at 5" forward of the tail tip. Flat bottom with micro vee and a tucked rail from nose to tail. That keel is smaller than what I would use if I wasn't running the leader, but I think the twinzer combo has more overall base and more overall fin area.
I've surfed a number of keeled fishies and that one is easily my favorite, especially going backside. It turns well relative to the template and it's not squirrely at all.
I'll be interested to see the feedback GG gets from the customers who buy those boards. I've been surfing twinzers more in the last couple years and I think there's something to them but I would really like to try a GG twin setup to see the difference.
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