Two weeks ago, I introduced you to Laefbron and Jamin Luoto of NVS fins, and they explained how using higher quality materials and better tooling has allowed them to design a fin foil with a more refined front edge,

which creates less disturbance off the back of the fin, i.e. less drag. And this small detail increases both speed

and control for any configuration from single fin to a five fin setup. And being small has

actually allowed them other unique opportunities as well, like doing small batches of more

innovative designs, one of which led to a big design advancement

through a collaboration with Maurice Cole.

Actually, through Maurice, we got introduced to Troy Clutton

who designed the C-Dry Fins.

He's in Australia.

And that was a massive project.

That probably took about a year yeah just because of

the shape of the fin trying to get the foiling perfect have smooth transitions was a bit more

of a challenge than a traditional shaped fin okay but it's take a look at it you'll see we can do

anything yeah yeah and it doesn't have to be 150 200 300 sets we can have small shap and say, hey, listen, I've been wanting to do this template for a little while, you know, and they wouldn't even necessarily think to approach any other companies. Can you guys do it? Yeah, absolutely. It's really fun. It's allowed us to really do some really kind of niche specific small market stuff that then has actually, you know, appealed to enough

people that it'll take off a little bit.

And then we'll start to really put it into solid production.

If you haven't already seen the C drive fin, they are thusly named for the C shape of the template

and the fact that they generate more drive than any other fin design.

The base is really wide like a keel fin, but it's as tall as a thruster with this huge cutaway

between the wide base and the narrow and refined tip.

Again, it creates a distinct C shape in the template.

So you get this crazy drive from the base of the fin, and then the large cutaway of material

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