Flat starboard fishing ruler mount9/21/2023 Everyone has now also taken to shimming at the front screw, and we aren't hearing of any catastrophies. No issues the whole time he's been using it, which is years. An iq foil mast that has had the head trimmed, and he's using it in a board that has a full sized (flat top) foil box. My mate Madlad has exactly the same setup. But I don't think you will have any issues using it as is because the front bolt is the one "pushing in" and sitting on the flat surface of the head. Otherwise, you could glue a piece of plastic. If you have that piece of mast you trimmed, you could just glue it back with epoxy. AFAIK, the foil head is supposed to sit on the top of the box in the iQFoil. In retrospect, making the shim out of oak, coating it with SixTen epoxy to waterproof, and then glueing to mast head with SixTen would of been another way to go. And it took all of 1/2 hr to measure inside of box with caliper depth gauge, and then cut down starboard using a dual bevel miter saw, just have to be very careful trimming down the width, because my fingers were 1/2" away from a 12" spinning saw blade. But tapers feel like they are tight, and I have checked inside of box for cracks with a flashlight and magnifying glass, but found none. Fortunately I remembered and was able to find it in the sand Again this is with a "foil" DT box, so it is designed to take loads on the inside top of the box. Initially forgot to remove, and ended up leaving on the beach after I flipped the board over to put board in board bag. Now I did not glue it in place, cause starboard cannot be glued (only welded), so have to remember to put in and remove after each session. Britt from North Beach Windsurfing recommended the starboard, after I was thinking of using oak that would of been waterproofed. Used a miter saw to trim down a piece of 3/4" thick starboard I got from a surplus marine shop for $5, and drilled a hole for the rear screw, best to leave a little big and then sand down with a sanding block and 80-100 grit sand paper for a perfect fit. I made a spacer out of starboard (HDPE) to fill in the space between the mast head on my AFS foil and the DT foil box on my Goya Bolt, in order to set the foil rake angle at 0.0 degrees.
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