I skipped going to the beach today to get some rest and spend some time with La.
After dinner, I did convince myself I needed to get the starboard footstrap inserts placed into No.40 - I use this footstrap when coming in and when I round up near shore, I can keep the board on it's side and most of the time prevent the foil from grounding.
It's hard to determine where these really should go - especially if you end up using a bunch of different foils. F Ones generally like to be forward. AFS are further back in the tracks. And Axis varies depending on which fuselage you are using.
I've been checking my foot positioning when I've been winging last go around and for the AFS Silk 850, this seems to be a spot that can also be used while foiling. For the F Ones I'll likely be forward of the strap - but can drop back into it right before landing.
The main thing here is that the strap is not in the way of my left foot when riding regular and Foil Drive-ing. I got lucky when setting this up on No.39 (works perfectly).
This is only a small amount of epoxy (0.6 ounces of resin and 0.24 ounces of hardener, plus enough milled fibers and aerocil to thicken the epoxy appropriately).
I'll remove as much of the excess epoxy as I can tomorrow. After that I'll drill a pilot hole, replace the deck pad over the holes, and install the soft footstrap.
I'll likely let it all continue to harden for another day (and test it on Wednesday when strong trades are expected back along with some swell!!!)
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