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Hi, I'm after some advice on board setup, as I seem to be one of the few remaining (and newish) foilers in Northern Ireland - everyone's turning to winging!
I'm using a Starboard Freeride (2022) 150 with a Starboard Freeride 1100 foil (have 500 and 330 rear wings) and Severne Foilglide sails (6, 7 and 8m).
I have my footstraps set as follows (would have posted a photo, but can't):
Front strap - outside row, middle holes
Rear strap - centre row, rear holes
I'm usually sailing with the UJ just aft of centre, and have only tried the -2 and -1.5 shim for the rear wing (only just swapped to the 330). And for info, I'm about 80 Kgs.
I found when overpowered using the 500 rear wing, I struggled to keep the foil in the water (hence front strap fairly far forward). Yesterday trying the 330 wing with -2 shim and a 6m foil glide in 15-20 kgs of wind, not for the first time, I struggled to keep the board out of the water, although did have it successfully 'low flying' at 20 Kts a few times (hence rear strap fully back).
Any tips on setup of board (and foil) gratefully received! Thanks.
My footstraps are close to the same, maybe a setting further forward due to using iQfoil. Sounds like a stabilizer shim issue. Maybe try 0 degree shim with the 330? What is the fuse length?
I think the 330 stab is to big for 800 wing.
When using a longer fuselage the stab can be smaller.
A 255 stab would be better.
my 2c worth
I have the Freeride 1100, 95 fuselage, and always use 330 stab instead of 500 - find that -1 shim works well, -1.5 is even better just need a bit more speed to fly
amazing that you can really feel differences with 0.5 changes in shims, and/ or tiny shifts in mast base position
when it is all balanced OK, I seem to adjust ride height just with front hand pressure on the boom ...
I'm 95kg and only average skill levels 
Final question....there don't seem to be any 105+ fuselages in the UK at present, used or new. Is the 115+ going to be 'too sporty' for someone of average ability when they make the jump from the Freeride foil to something faster (with 800 front and 255 rear)?
www.windfoilen.nl/en/review-starboard-plus-fuselages/
Explanes difference between 95+ and 115+ , read the test that helps i think.
But for 115+ you need the 255-2 backwing ,makes life easyer then the 255??
So since my last post I've acquired an Evo (1) 105 fuse, which came with a 650 FW(!). I've also just picked up a new Evo (1) 900 FW. Do I try the 900 with a 330 or 255 RW? Assuming once I progress to the 650, it will run with the 255 - that could be sometime though!!
Flights with the 95+ and 800 FW/330 RW going well, although the wind recently (in Northern Ireland) seems to have been all or nothing, so not getting quite as many sessions as I'd hoped. It's also getting quite cold!!
thanks.
I've got the freeride 150 with a 1300 superflyer, 102 fuselage, and 330 rear wing. Just over the water from you in the lake district.
I've found the shims to have the biggest effect, assuming vaguely centred footstraps and mast base.
With a big heavy 7.8 camber induced rig the 0 degree is fine, as the weight and drive from the rig presses the nose down nicely.
For smaller lighter rigs in enough wind to be going well (15-20kts typically) I need the - 2 degree shim to keep the nose down. Moving the mast foot a little forwards can help with this too. And don't even think about sheeting out in gusts, turn it up wind instead.
For smaller lighter rigs struggling to get up and going it's back to the 0 degree shim and mastfoot centred.
Keeping the shims and tool handy for gusty lake sailing helps speed up the faffing!
That's about it for what I've worked out so far. Your setup will have different numbers, but I think the principles should be similar. But I stand ready to be corrected! Good fun this foiling game!
What do you think of the foil glide 8m? I'm wondering if it would be a worthwhile improvement over my 2008 Tushingham lightning 7.8 (similar 2 cam arrangement). Pricey as I'll need a new mast too.
Thanks. How much difference is there in lowest foil able wind speed between the 8 and 7? Which size do you use the most? Does the 8 make a sensible biggest sail? Big costs for me as I'll need a new mast too, so having a good faff about it!
I have 6 and 7 FoilGlides, plus 8 Loft Skyscape
all great to use, definite gap between 7 and 8
did I see a review somewhere that FoilGlides 7 and 8 actually closer than 1m2 in cut size .... hence not so different in performance ...
Loft came up 2nd hand, so grabbed it
