I am trying to wrap my head around the details of raking the mast either with shims in the tuttle box or by adding tail kick or rocker where the foil attaches to the board. Please review the attached image to help clarify my text. If I understand correctly the current idea is to rake the foil aft by a degree or two. This is a bit counter intuitive to me because when the board is riding level in the water the foil wants to dive deeper in the water. Do I have the orientation backwards? If not can someone explain why aft rake is beneficial?
ManyThanks!
David Buckley