Quad Fins, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Quad Fins

Here is the set of qooden Canard Quads that I made for myself. They are made of Palisander, and Maple with Ebony pinlines.

This is the 3rd set of fins I have made so far. I think from now on if I am making fins to fit into boxes that I will make a mold/jig setup and use the ‘potting’ method to make the bases. It takes a lot of finicking and sanding to get the bases to fit into the boxes properly and getting them to screw in to the proper angle is difficult.

As far as the foiling goes… well we’ll see if they make humming or whistling sounds or feel like brakes instead of fins. But they should go, the foils look ok on them. …..practice practice.

They do look pretty nice though. The inspiration for these comes from John Cherry Woodcraft and 101 Fin Co. both of whom are making beautiful fins. I found out about both of them from cruising around the Moonlight Glassing blog