I was getting some consistant flights of about 1 minute today, on my best run I was getting comfortable angling upwind and everything felt balanced and fast for a minute or so. My dad was on jetski and was going to get a video but he didn't because he said I was going by to fast .

When I was getting over powered a bit in some of the gusts I was sheeting out a bit and trying to get my weight forward. When I would do this the foil would 'ventilate' and I would either loose speed and crash, loose speed by carving a 's' until I'm off the foil or breach and crash or just jumped off a few times even. How should I change my technique? I think the mast base could have been further forward. It was about 2-3 cm from the vent screw(mast track was just showing at the back when the base was on) . Which was fine for foiling an hour earlier in the day. It's crazy how much the wind can change and how little adjustments can through you off. With more tow and playing with things I should get it sorted eventually. This was my 3rd time using the jp and slingshot combo. First time using a relatively small sail too(5.2) and that seemed to make things even nicer. Maybe will try the 4.2 next time if it's gusting to 15 kts.

Today's setup:
Jp 135(fws)
SS foil/76 wing/90 mast
5.2 sail(2001 np raf jet, matches the board and foil naturally)

As a side note a hobie cat getaway was ripping pretty good I was catching up to it until I crashed. Even though I was not going in a straight line because of challenging conditions and lack of skill. I figured a more experienced foiler could have past him. He was not going on a crazy up angle either.

I've been struggling with the length of my harness lines for a while. I started shortening them up, but still had issues. I wanted longer ones for 'slogging', but needed shorter ones for foiling. I was watching recent PWA foiling race footage on Youtube () and ran across this idea.

You have 'slogging' lines and 'foiling lines. It works extremely well!!!

Measurements for reference . I think the smaller lines are 20 inches.



I'm also trying out a waist harness (Been in a seat harness all my sailing career), and the spreader had this little pulley. It works extremely well for moving forward and aft in the lines! This is a great little gem for foiling. I sailed today using this for the first time and with variable weather, I was able to slip the sail forward and aft with no issue! it helps with trimming the sail much better than the hook. And I can get out of it easier.

Hope this tip helps! After blowing my arms out with the longer lines, I can finally use both very well for each purpose!