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How to determine the volume of my board

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Created by LongTimeAgo > 9 months ago, 20 Nov 2012
barn
WA, 2960 posts
13 Dec 2012 10:48PM
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Mark _australia said...
mahi said...
Some shapers include the sandwich material thickness in the volume calculation.
Normally around 10 Litres.
For example a board which has an 85 Litre EPS core (CNC calulated) will be rated as a 95 Litre board.
Not sure how much a double sandwich skin would contribute to actual float??
Why dont we include the footstraps and deckpads in the volume too..


Are you claiming divinycell does not float?

Seeing as though it is about 100kg / m3 that makes it 1/10th the density of water so I reckon it does float.

Thus....... any reason it should not be included in volume?

Obviously volume is the size of the board, regardless of the fact some is PVC foam and some is polystyrene foam.



No, remember, according to Seabreeze Folklore, there are two types of shapers, Oldschool and Newschool..

Oldschool Shapers measure volume by how much it'll float, this is called 'Oldschool Volume' and is believed to be the most noble form of floatation.

Everything was peaceful until a Dictionary was uncovered under a pile of ancient boardshorts. Then, a civil war broke out amongst the Shapers over the use of the word 'volume'. New School shapers wanted to use the Volume measurement to literally measure the volume. But the Old School Shapers decided this was Windsurf Blasphemy, punishable by excommunication.

The 'EPS core volume' shapers must be a recent denomination. It won't last long, just like the "Virtual Volume In A Canoe Sect"

Sauce: Getstalt

Mark _australia
WA, 22377 posts
13 Dec 2012 10:57PM
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I explained earlier how to calculate virtual volume. It has a lot to do with the BPM of the techno music in the NP/JP video and is inversely proportional to how many skinny 17 y/o euro blokes skull Jaegerbombs in 10sec at the Pozo awards night.
But it is all balanced out by having a quad.
Next year, 6 fins will make volume irrelvant.

Sik.

NotWal
QLD, 7428 posts
14 Dec 2012 8:46PM
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Does Starboard still use that "virtual volume" bull siht? You'd think that now wider boards are the normal thing that they would be a little sheepish about ever coming up with that nonsense.



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