I went out for a late evening prone foil session to test out the rebuilt No.31 and to start the long process of getting used to a coil leash I picked up from HIC.
There were still a ton of people at the beach when I drove up - residual from the contest.
I had to guess where to place the foil because the marks I had made for where I had the Progression 170 set had gotten sanded off during the latter stages of the repair.
The first placement actually yielded some pretty good results. I got a 2 for 1 on the first wave, and I had some long runs with hard turns.
But it didn't feel like I thought it used to. I went ahead and moved the foil up about a quarter inch and got a couple more waves.
These rides were closer to what I recall this foil/board combo producing. On one wave I got a late takeoff and immediately dropped into a hooking turn (SO MUCH FUN!!!)
I had a hard time getting used to the coil leash. I'm just going to have to continue using this to get used to it - primarily for use on the Foil Drive setup (so it doesn't get stuck in the prop).
Here is where the foil ended up. I did find some pictures I took during the repair process - I went ahead and did a ratio-proportion and have some measurements of where the foil was sitting. I'll take the measurements and compare it to this setting (tomorrow).
W:53/F:55/S:28
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