The boat will be singlehanded some of the time, otherwise with the all 90 lbs of my daughter as crew. Mainly club racing Friday evenings. My thought with the foil was to
continue to use the small jib with the foil set below the height of the present bridle wires. But at a height which would still allow proper sheeting. Kite is same size as F16. Pole is carbon 12 ft sail board mast(two piece)tapers from 2.5" to 1". I also have an Alum 1" pole 12' but felt the carbon would be stronger. Was planning on setting the pole like the F18ht bringing all lines to current position of the bridle wires. Setting the mast height between the spreader & tip. May change to a third of the way. I will probably add a furler at a later date so as to be able to decrease sail area forward.

Both 5.2 hull failures were forward of the front beam at the
bulkhead. I attributed this to the pole height being to high
& pulling the bows into the center?? One spin may have been oversize for the boat.

My thought was by adding a foil I could decrease this pull to center? Distribute the jib/spin load at the foil, which would in turn keep the hulls with limited toe in. Less stress at the main beam. Wrong thinking?

I have taken the time to remove the forward deck & epoxy additional cloth at this bulkhead. Probably over kill on my part.

Thanks