I was sitting on the hull at the aft beam, forward foot up against the half raised board, other foot under the foot strap. I have tried trapping but it only nose dives more. I was trying instead to get it up on a plane by quickly bearing off onto both hulls when a good gust would come along, but there just wasn't enough wind for that, so on several runs I just sailed it on one hull to see how fast it would go. 17.5 in that light-ish air was good, but I want more wind! I was trying to keep the bow knuckle up out of the water which seemed to work well in a good gust.