By the way, I did get ONE flight with the engine running so that I could taxy back to shore, the flight before the tree got it.
I flew the whole flight without ever closing the throttle completely. Even for the touchdown I kept a trickle of power on, and used the airbrake to get it down (photo of airbrake deployed).
The canard (foreplane) is flicked up to a totally stalled angle and the drag gives a nice descent angle even with a trickle of power on. Works a treat.
Alasdair