How long do you leave your foil assembled?

Next newbie question.

F-one carbon foil with alloy mast and stainless bolts.
I've used generous amounts of Tefgel on all the bolts, but still concerned with corrosion issues from saltwater.

How long do you leave your foil assembled in this situation?

Thanks
Jethrow

I do a full assemble every session. It adds about 5 minutes at the start and end of each session. It makes it much easier to get stuff into the car. That helps to keep the gear organised in the car, and to transfer gear to the storage cupboard at home. I can carry a full kite foiling kit in the boot of the car and the wing foiling kit goes across the back seat.

I wipe each component down with a damp chamois cloth and blow any salt water out of screw holes. It all goes in padded bags. I never wash anything.

I used to get some wear in the hex head screws but that has stopped since I switched to Torx screws. A t-handle wrench spins the screws almost as fast a drill without the risk of cross threading.

I think there's a certain element of luck in getting corrosion. The aluminium components in the early days were garbage and corrosion was almost immediate. That's why I switched to all carbon.

Newer aluminium components have better coatings and often come with a tube of Tefgel. People talk about disassembling and finding everything in perfect condition after months of use. On the other hand I frequently see threads on forums from people with very recent, very high end foils with corrosion problems.

I pull my aluminium foils apart once every two or three months......I generously tefgel my bolts.

I have locked two bolts in five years. Old LF fish foil that had to drill out, and sheared the head of a torque screw on my AXIS. Easy to get out.

Tefgel is your friend.

I at least crack the bolts once every two weeks or so.

has been longer - like a month.
And maybe a gel up like above every 2-3 months. I suppose cracking them as a routine before each session might be worthwhile but who can be stuffed doing that.

as far as pulling the whole thing apart after each session .... yeh nah.

Definite Armstrong bonus - no tefgel, no fizz.. stays together its whole life with no issues!

When you apply the Tefgel and tighten the screws. The Tefgel doesn't wash away, ooze out, or evaporate. It's there until disturbed.
either from a screw loosening or being undone etc.
so once you have the confidence to correctly apply it then it should protect the thread area from corrosion until undone.
other contact areas of alloy to steel to carbon should have a Teflon washer to avoid that contact.
my foil stays together months at a time then when I'm bored I'll service.
still on the original tube of Tefgel I got 2015.