Welcome to the greatest sport on the water! You may want to check out/contact the guys at aquarius-sails.com. They are the folks that were involved in the design and may be able to give you some tuning tips. The best thing to do is get to know the locals in Michigan and sail with them. If you tell them you are new to the sport, I am sure you will get 10 years of knowledge in the first few weeks of sailing with them.