Gary:
In the picture you don't have your boards up, since you seem to have done everything else I wondered if this was intentional.
Hi Tony,
generaly I don't pull the boards up, as long as the boat feels balanced and is handling ok. Tends to be one more job than you need one up and a real pain when you need to put them back down in a rush. Have only had the odd occasion in large waves at odd angles where it seemed neccessary, hasn't happened on the Blade yet.
