The "pics of 2+1 setups thread". Pics, or info please, longboards, short, mid etc.

i like this one with the 7in wayne rich fin and some bitters.  I really want to try some twins on it with a small trailer.

Here's a 5'9" Mackie

Mick 2+1

Really nice tint on it too

2+1top

Hey Ken! It finally got finished!

She picked it up a couple weeks ago and is super stoked!

2+1For me best setup for mushy waves in the head high range

Hey,

Great looking boards!!

Great thread! Im in the process of building a 7'0" pill/funboard shape that is 19" x 23.5" x 16.25" with 2" tail rocker and 4 3/4 " of nose rocker that I was thinking of doing a 2 + 1 set u on, Wide ......I know... But it works for my 6'7" 255lb frame.

Id love for you guys to share your fin locations  for your boxes on the boards posted as well as side bite locations. Cant and toe in would be also be appreciated.. I went with a single fin on my last pill that I like but want to really loosen it up and make it a little more high performence.

Any thoughts?

Bob

sick my photo posted!  

some i have tried

7' singley , with a 5" base x 71/2" deep  back fin......

with....

GS sides

crv fcs sides [webbers curved fins]

2"x2" sidebites / ?"superchargers"?

5" deep twinnys

5'11 "prawn" ,

  with an ASSORTMENT of fin options [? "prawn" threads / "fin setups for prawn"??  ...old chipfish61 posts ]

9'4 mal

 with..... 9" back fin ,

 and an assortment of side fins , ranging from thruster , and nearly twin-fin sized , to ?"superchargers"? ,  in the 2x2" ,  to 3x3" size range range

[this is your 7"er , beery , with some 2x2 1/2" sideys....]

on the 5'8 "bushfire fish" ....

twinnys with gs and smaller sized fins

small sideys , with an assortment of back fins [fin boxed] , ranging from 4 1/2 - 8" deep

   by the way , a lot / most of the fins mentioned are home -made

regarding photos .....

  i don't know the EXACT threads where most of the photos of these fin setups are , [ my former username , "chipfish61" ,  posted them , mostly , from memory] .

 IS it possible to topic specific  'searches' on swaylocks any more ??? [when i type in words to the google search thingy up the top , i don't seem to have much luck ]

 ....maybe if the old swaylocks "advanced search" facility was still here , i'd be able to post up some links ..... but most of you are probably tired / bored with  seeing my fins and board [bored?] photos by now anyway , yes ? [i think it might be time for another  'username' change , and some new fins to be made , but , unfortunately , money's too tight to mention , at present.....]

by the way ....this is a great  thread , "beerfan" [mark] !! thanks , mate !

  i look forward to hearing [??seeing?? hint hint ...know anyone with a good digital camera and zoom ??] how rides on your different "2+1"setups go ...

  cheers !

  ben

p.s. - mark , if you want to try bonzer-runner-sized sideys , with your 7" back fin on the 7'10"er, let me know , eh ??

thanks kirk !

  i hope you get to meet simon [my brother] while he's in L.A. 

 and i owe you a fin or two , methinks !

  cheers

   ben 

thanks kirk !!

  i told simon your addy ,

  and his username here is lazarus , IF he is online at all [he may be in mexico at present , i'm not sure...]

here's some "2+1" and ? "1+2"? fin setups ......

cheers mark !

  yep i've been a fan of sidefins 1/2 the height of the main fin for quite a few years now . none of my friends were interested , they laughed for years , couldn't give fins to them to try at all ! [thank goodness for swaylocks eh ?!]

[i think it was an article by dave pamenter in a 1990s longboard mag that confirmed it for me , and got me hanging to try different stuff [as in : MAKING fins myself , to play with]

     cheers

      ben 

[the last setup goes so fast , my hair came off....]

Chipfins..had a set of them curved fins, do agree they felt fast, especially over the flat sections. Could really feel the difference between these and the standard side fins. Too bad they don't make them anymore. My buddy snapped one of the sidefins, so its still somewhere on the sea bed. He now shares his bed with a horses head :)

I've posted this board before in a different thread but here it is again. 

6'3"  x  13 1/4" /19 1/4" /15"  x  2 5/8"  round tail with a small wing

goes rail to rail really easily.  holds a higher line on the wave a lot better than the single fins that i had been riding lately and you can get much more vertical off the bottom.  works great in softer waves, not so good in fast top to bottom surf (i think the rocker is more the reason for that though- pretty low entry).  very fast; no "huntington hop" for speed, just lean forward and give her a little pump.  perfect for summer time.

Just finished this one. Can't wait to get it in the water... 

2+1setup

Thought I would share of few (-:

"...how does the cutaway go, drive wise dropknee??"

I'm happy.  It's 2-1/2" at the base. I've tried another, 6-1/2" center fin with a 4-1/2" base on a 9'6" version of the same board and didn't care for it.  The 7.0" cut is loose but positive.  Despite being shoved that far forward, it doesn't tail-slide or spin out even in overhead surf.

I've since duplicated the shorter board's fin configuration on the longer board and plan to leave it that way.  I do have to say that a couple of single fins I also ride maintain forward momentum in much soup much better, but those are 9-1/2" fins with 6-1/2" and 7-3/4" bases (and the boards they're on have a lot more volume) so that certainly comes as no surprise.

Single fins:

 
The 6-1/2" fin that went on the shelf:

Wondering what happens when you push centre fin foreward to halfway up sidebiters.....the Mackle seems to have this set up but i was thinking  of it

on my 9 footer. 8''centre swept quite back. Would it make it looser or is the flow all wrong . nowhere near water at the moment which means cant experiment

cheers

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