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You can also think of the pad as adding buoyancy. With a full pad you could probably drop 1/4" board thickness.

What Bryn says works.

Another way to do it is measure distance stringer to one side fin and come back that distance on stringer to front of 3rd fin.

Mine are always 17 1/4; 8 1/2, but that's just been by working with various numbers over the years - no formula involved.

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It was not my intention to be a troll. More a comment on my opinions. Chris, I've taken low volume rails to quite an extreme, especially in the tail area. This is not the thinnest I've done, but the only one I have pics of http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o155/rted99/board%20construction/PIC_0011....

While I remember, I think the bottom you choose is important. I've had long boards that were over rockered and over veed, built on the assumption that there would be a need to shed power. Never been caught behind sections so much in my life. I use a pretty standard rocker stretched out to 7'0" ...

Hey Red, How wide is that board? How thick? How many fins? And how far would you place the fins up? 23.5" wide Pretty much same template as my 6'0" pintails (16" nose and tail) 2 1/4 or so thick. Very fine rails. Thruster. 20-21" up for rail fins and tail fin about 8" back ...

All I can say is my son Chris keeps telling me "go smaller Dad". Less volume and shorter. I'm resisting taking him shorter than 5'6" and 31 sq liters. Meanwhile, his stand up friend paddles out on a 5'3" , 19 " wide twig. Both of these guys get more waves than me at overhea...

Bob, I built a 7'0" a while back. Ridden it a few times. Length gets you out of trouble when you are dodging big sets, and it gets you in. When the waves get up to the size that the gun comes out, I'm not looking to snap off the top. The 7'0" is not too long but it takes a bit of getting u...

Crox, Mention volume and you'll always fire up the big boys. Tow in boards . Low volume, low area, even weighted. Hydrofoil boards. pretty much zero volume. Then we get to the ultimate low volume kneeboard - the spoon. You could make up a sheet of curved plastic with zero internal volume, but positi...

Heard a rumor about this spot. I checked it out during my final tour of Cal in 1990. Speculated about what it would take to surf it or even paddle out, then turned tail and ran away to surf much more moderate but still scarey Suicides (?) to the south somewhere. Big ups to you guys for having the 'n...

Nice to see a passionate discussion on design. Other surfboard design forums suggest that surface area is an important factor (as has been suggested above). Volume distribution is another issue. Not much impact from a flat water perspective, but for wave catching and wave riding it's important. When...

22"+ wide boards are pigs to paddle. That's why wide kneeboards have to be over volumed - you're trying to push a disk. Disks aren't streamlined. By the way, I've been told by shapers who have tested it that boards around 32-34 Liters tend to be pigs, whether standup or kneeboard. Below and abo...

A 70 year old friend with a heart condition has one of these. Says it helps him get to the break and catch a couple of waves. He also takes handicapped people for surfs. Not a worry for me because I won't surf anyplace/conditions he can surf. More of an issue if you're forced to surf soft waves with...

I updated the video. Still crappy quality, but all 15 minutes there now.

https://vimeo.com/90292164

The vid got trimmed at 10 minutes, so Simons and a few other waves got trimmed off. I'll see whether I can persuade photobucket to take a full load. I'll try to get quality up a bit, too.