Congratulations, that's an excellent choice of panorama camera. I am not familiar with the details of how this model's shift function works, but the shift on most cameras/lenses starts with the axis of the lens centered in the frame and shifts it UP. This minimizes the amount of foreground and lets you get the tops of buildings in without tilting the camera up. With rotary cameras like your Noblex you must not tilt up or down at all, not even slightly, if you want to avoid bowed horizons. The only way to keep them straight is to have the camera level. If I am right, and the shift moves the opposite direction to what you want, try holding the camera upside down. The Noblex is supposed to be able to take vertical panoramas (although they look very odd IMHO), so it should be able to cope with being used upside down. Be careful it doesn't capture your knuckles, though! And don't drop it on its head!!
By the way, that's a lovely panorama shot of Ken Duncan's, isn't it! I don't think the swing-lens camera is the right camera for this kind of shot. For one thing the effective shutter speeds are not that high (my own Widelux's top speed was 1/250th) and of course the time it takes to swing will smear out any really rapid movement taking place in surf... I would prefer to try with my Fuji TX-1.
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