WA
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I dont change my stab setup at all when i change the front wing!!
From 350 (yes that's a front wing) to 550 and sometimes 800 I'm riding with the same shims and stab and only change my shims for a longer/shorter fuse.
Trim the stab for the fuse length not the front wing size. The easiest way to see if your foils is balanced is to take your body weight off the board (not easy when you are learning) but its a true tell. Hang off your harness lines and see how the foil reacts.
Beginners version being.....what happens when you depower the sail while cruising? Does the board rise or are you driving it upwards with you back foot. If its still dropping add more stab. If its not mast track has to come back until you have even foot pressure.
You will reach a point where depower lifts you ever so slightly but you dont continue up. This will align with when you are hit by a gust you will dip but still stay flying. Thats the foil roughly right.
Look for solutions with other tuning options.
Mast track is a massive one. Sounds to me like you need to bring your mast track back approx 5mm.
Footstrap position is another good starting point. Run nearly all the way forward when learning. Use the mast track to adjust your flight. As you improve you can move straps back to hold down more power, which will make sense when you get to that point.
Another thing that not a lot of people realise is how much downhaul and out haul is required to be stable foiling. Its not windsurfing!! I found 5-8mm extra downhaul on windsurfing sails compared to a fin setting seems to work across most sails. Outhaul is also +1cm. Dont be scared to flatten the sail. It doesnt load and load like when you are fin sailing. You dont need power, you need acceleration
Thats my opinion anyway, take it, leave it........just dot try to convince me I'm wrong. If you you do I'll race you for it😂
