It's going to be raining and weird south winds for a week. I'm not anticipating much quality in the water - so I've committed to using this time to make another board.
After much deliberation, No.43 will be a "Shallow" trench board. This will not be a standard depth trench board. No.41 really can only be used for Foil Drive. No.43 will have a channel cut into the center instead of a deep trench. The channel will just be deep enough to reduce the drag profile of the mast base plate so mainly benefitting prone foiling (or wing/parawing).
It'll still reduce the overall profile of a Foil Drive unit, but honestly with the power of the Foil Drive Max unit, I don't see the need to have a deep trench (or a trench at all).
I am gluing these offcut pieces of foam to start the process.
I flipped the blank to stop the runaway glue.
And I'm going to have to pick a template.
I'm debating on whether to go with a pointed nose and block tail (the standard 5-0 I built No.41 around), a rounded nose - block tail (similar to a Tomo Neutrino), or a flat nosed, parallel railed board.
I'm also trying to decide on the dimensions. I'm sitting on 5'0" to 5'2", 19" to 20", and 3.75" at the pontoon sections. So a board that is somewhere between a mashup of No.41 and No.39
The shallow trench will make the bottom more "catamaran" like - but the main goal will be a return to faster battery changes (without having to undo the track bolts), and the ability to prone foil the same board.
When I get home from work tomorrow, I'll trim the excess glue, draw on the template, and get it cut out. If ambitious enough - I'll try and get the rocker profile roughed in as well.
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