Just received my Slingshot Hover glide H4 (yes, a bit heavier but happy to save the significant $$$ with my first one).

Quality looks very good but absolutely shocking they don't inlcude the screws to attach foil to the actual board.
Such minimal extra dollars to include but now Im left to source myself (Seriously Slingshot!? So poor.) Instructions state attachement screws only included with Slignsot foil BOARD (not foil)...baffling.

You can get the screws from slingshot (only $10, so, again, baffling why such a critical item is not included with a $1300+ item) BUT does not include the little base plates that go in the tracks.

Anyone know where one would source the screws AND little base plates to mount foil to board?
- as per website: "Size is M8 x 25mm, Stainless Steel Tapered Phillips Head."

One other first timer question:
Pack includes teflon tape and recommends putting lanolin on before the tape (before assembly). From sebreeze blogs, just tef gel periodically seems to be the go?

Thanks all.

Always a wealth of information piros. Thanks. Have requested a 5mm and 10mm angled gasket from seabreeze member...as u recommend.

Is teflon tape AND tef gel worth all the fluffing about? Or is tef gel alone suitable....as long as you clean and re-tefgel reasonably regularly?

Many thanks. Slingshot responded. Their apologises but reinforced attachment screws/bolts not included with foil.

They provided a link to buy from them. $45 (on sale) just for the 4 bolts. They need to get off the crack pipe. I'll try and source from a windsurf shop as u suggest.

Was very impressed with the hover glide unboxing....but to get the thing attached to the board has been a deflating experience....

Thanks again for being there for all us learners....

Just look at companies selling screws/bolt etc on the internet. Google "stainless screws australia" for instance...I bought spares in all sizes for my foil this way. You will need them. And they are so cheap.Chose the A4 stainless, not the A2 (it will rust with seawater). And if possible, with some titanium, but it is harder to find.

Colas and Piros, you are both Yoda's.....many thanks.

Hey Baldy try that H5 on the shorter fuselage behind the boat it rips. The Slingshot crew are out on that set up right now towing in on the swell that just popped up here yesterday...

supSURFmachines said..
Correction, magnet doesn't stick to 304. It sticks to 400 series stainless.

True, very hard to tell 304 and 316 apart unless labelled or stamped. 316 is known as 'marine grade' in the industry, i have had a lot to do with it as a boilermaker. Just for interest when not using in a marine environment and used for anti corrosive measures we would always mix grades for nuts and bolts eg a 304 bolt to a 316 nut. We found this would help with the metals not binding as often. We always used anti seize tho too

steve_worm said..
Places seem to offer either brass or the stainless steel T-nut option......some say makes no differeence, some say brass minimises corrosion/fuzing together......THOUGHTS?

....Geez I wish they just came with the foil.....

I'd go stainless and use this stuff on the thread, don't need much just a smear on one side of the thread at the top of the bolt, if it starts to get tight and hot then back of ASAP!