Here is some footage from the other day. Any advice or tips would be appreciated.
Cheers PK

nice board :-)

Hi PK, where is this ?. Looks like a nice spot.

To me, it looks like you were really over powered. What you do about it depends on your style. Many people here will give you different advice and this advice is also gear/style/personal attribute dependant.

A trick you can try when over powered is to use the under hand grip on the front hand. It's a bit more stronger and it allows you to get the sail under control. It applies a downwards force instead of an outwards force. If you feel the sail trying to catapult you, you pull the hand down (which you will naturally do in a pinch) and this will do two things: Stop's you going over the front, depowers the sail. The grip feels funny to start with, but will feel normal after half a session.

J

I'll have to get over to the West Coast one day

Raise your boom 3"

Stick with it PK, you've got a good set up and a nice sailing spot. One thing I spotted was that the mast base looks to be in the back half of the slot. With a small sail on that board in open ocean you want it somewhere in the front half of the slot. That will settle the board, keeping the nose down. As others have said, commit to the harness more, this will create mast foot pressure which will also settle the board.

Hi PK,
Great spot, used to go there a lot when living in Lincoln. Need high tide though. Dutton Bay is also good, can be sailed on high and low tide. I used to go to the left of the jetty, track before the first shack.
As others have said, move lines forward and shorten lines or move boom a bit higher. You should be able to hook in on land and let go with both hands and feel balanced. If rig goes forward move front connection forward. If falls backwards, move front connection back. Height of boom is personal. For strong winds I have a higher boom. For lighter winds have a lower boom (Chin Height ). As usual, there are lots of how to on Google.
guycribb.com/windsurfing_technique_holiday_DVD_0076v01.htm
Next time I come home ( Xmas ) should catch up for a sail.
Cheers.

Looks like a really sweet spot, like everyone else said, commit to harness lines. They don't look to far wrong position wise when your weights on them, from what was on your footage but you should be able to let go briefly and the rig stays put with just your weight supporting it.

It looks like you're at that hurtful stage of learning where you're hooking into the harness lines, but still learning to hook into the foot straps. When you're confident with finding the footstraps without looking, practice hooking the footstraps first (both front and rear), then the harness lines...it's far less risky than planing around hooked into the rig with the board bouncing around under you.

Stick with it, you'll get there

Keep it up pkenny.I agree you need to commit to the harness lines more.I have always gone with fingertip to elbow theory.Put your elbow on the centre of the mast clamp,where the tip of your fingers cross the boom is where the front of the harness line attaches,then just adjust the back line attachment until you find the sweet spot.You will know you have found it when you can play the piano on the boom.
Happy sailing

Great video - I am feeling you there PK so many familiar moments lol. I am not quite at that level yet but working on it - have to learn to water start you make it look so easy.

Thanks for sharing PKenny - keep up the good work

Fun as
Cheers
Morgan