I've finally taken the plunge and on some excellent advice from Azymuth, purchased a Slingshot hover glide 76 (it is an intimidating piece of kit to say the least). It arrived the other day (thanks Jesper) and I have decided to repurpose my less than regularly used 2012 iS117wide as my foiling board. I haven't plugged the foil in and ridden it yet as I really want to reinforce the fin box and insert inboard plugs for the footstraps first before stressing the board.........any advice on optimum position would be greatly appreciated i.e. do I keep them in line with existing and just bring in 2-3cm or should I look at bringing front ones back and in???

I have included some photos of the foil (position B) in relation to the existing strap position for reference. As you can see the centre of lift is not centre between straps but I am told that the glide is pretty forgiving in respect to feet position???? I know position C would bring lift closer to centre but I've read it's not ideal to learn to foil in this posi (please correct me if wrong)








In regards to reinforcing the fin box, my idea is to add carbon / fibreglass layers top & bottom & possibly try to key some of the layers into the side of the fin box itself for lateral strength. My theory is that the foil wants to punch up and sideways through the board so layers on bottom more critical but extra around bolts essential also - yet again would appreciate any experience in this method