"Ability before stability" ..
means start from a start beginner surfski and work yourself up through the models when you improve and use seat pads to make yor comfy craft more unstable to train the upgrade to the next less stable model.
So I was thinking of making my own weed fin (those small ones in front of the rudder),
but then wondered,
why not - for the fun of trying random stuff - place a tracking fin (like a sword for stability) under the hull (under/behind the seat) for making a tippy ski more stable, eg increasing the force needed for rolling.
This would be the other way round compared to adding sead pads to a stable model in order to gain instability for training, as here one would go for the instable model ealier but then reduce the length of that "sword/skeg" when one improves, until in the end, one would remove it completely or put it on again in conditions when one requires extra stability.
For playing/testing this out, one could use the industrial type strong velcros of tesa and attach the fin(s) to the hull. Besides easy to cut-out DIY shapes for testing, alternatively many clip-on tracking fins are around for SUPs, surfboards (like those rubber fins) or inflatable paddle boats.
... or use two fins parallel off center towards the sides like twin keels or bilge fins (not to such an extreme extreme to the outside tho and short, like those short" tracking fins", see google) ... or ... or ...
I wonder if that is a completely stupid idea? Has surely been tried out several times over the decades I'd guess and there'd be reasons why one does not see surfkis with skegs/swords/tracking fins. Forces on the hull in ocean conditions might be a concern, but making a tippy ski more stable for flat water fitness racing to skip the model upgrade journey until stable? Wondering.
means start from a start beginner surfski and work yourself up through the models when you improve and use seat pads to make yor comfy craft more unstable to train the upgrade to the next less stable model.
So I was thinking of making my own weed fin (those small ones in front of the rudder),
but then wondered,
why not - for the fun of trying random stuff - place a tracking fin (like a sword for stability) under the hull (under/behind the seat) for making a tippy ski more stable, eg increasing the force needed for rolling.
This would be the other way round compared to adding sead pads to a stable model in order to gain instability for training, as here one would go for the instable model ealier but then reduce the length of that "sword/skeg" when one improves, until in the end, one would remove it completely or put it on again in conditions when one requires extra stability.
For playing/testing this out, one could use the industrial type strong velcros of tesa and attach the fin(s) to the hull. Besides easy to cut-out DIY shapes for testing, alternatively many clip-on tracking fins are around for SUPs, surfboards (like those rubber fins) or inflatable paddle boats.
... or use two fins parallel off center towards the sides like twin keels or bilge fins (not to such an extreme extreme to the outside tho and short, like those short" tracking fins", see google) ... or ... or ...
I wonder if that is a completely stupid idea? Has surely been tried out several times over the decades I'd guess and there'd be reasons why one does not see surfkis with skegs/swords/tracking fins. Forces on the hull in ocean conditions might be a concern, but making a tippy ski more stable for flat water fitness racing to skip the model upgrade journey until stable? Wondering.