Kevin,

I use the KISS principle. So I have stock length stays, made out of turnbuckles-similiar to waht you see on diamond wires. This negates having to change that expensive piece of rigging-they're good for life! Raising the foil would of course shorten my luff length, and would necesitate more mast rake to compensate, of raise the head hound more. Nwither of which I want to do right now. With the new wet-up, the lower pole is no problem. If it buries, it has very little compared to the spatula.

Sam,

I think the resistence is simply cause by the diameter of the CF hoop, and the spin in the bag, thus not not having any luff tension on the end of the pole. Nothing 'stays' it from going downward when the chute is snuffed. Now it's all up at the foil, with a separate tack line. How many times have you seen a 6.0 bury the foil? The mesh bag would only help to a small extent, when the spin is in it. Put your hand out the window in a moving car, and with your fingers apart, there's still alot of resistence. The people with the 'guk' style snuffers (like mine now) have alot of advantages IMO.