Here is a comparison of most of the sections mentioned so far on a board shape that is similar to the curved DNA boards, but rolled flat. The AR is around 12.5, chord is 150mm for the first 788mm and then tapers to a 33mm chord at 895mm of span. This is all done in the program XFLR5 (you can find it on SourceForge, its free) and the model is the underwater portion of the boards joined at the root end. The drag numbers are not real in that they don't account for the hull etc, but it does give a reasonable approximation of the likely differences between the various sections against each other.
As Chris noted, the 12% version of the E836 is a good choice and the Naca 0012 is less than average at low leeway angles, and not bad at high angles, but you shouldn't be sailing with that much leeway.
As for areas, the DNA boards are about 1.836% of sail area (btw, this is not the right way to size boards unless you have no other options) which I consider large.
Boards are trending to higher AR's, 11 to 12.5 are relatively common now although mine range from 14.4 to 15.2
In the pictures with the boards themselves in it, the solid purple line is the transition line on the weather side of the board, the dashed purple line is the same on the leeward side, the magenta area behind the board is viscous drag, the orange is induced drag, the green is lift distribution and the green arrow is the center of lift. The rest should be self evident.
Cheers
Richard

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Last edited by R.R; 04/14/12 02:37 AM.