I've been walking past this project for a bit now - coming up with every excuse why not to work on it. "It's too hot", "I'm really tired", "there is surf to be ridden" are the most popular ones. But yesterday, after knocking out a bunch of errands from the to do list, I finally got back to work. I cleaned up the mast-mounting plate joint, exposed the bad glassing areas and filled the voids with epoxy and milled fibers. I was able to sand that down also (since the weather really was hot) and got the mast-fuselage joining operation bouncing around in my head.
Next I also templated out the blanks. Here is the 5'2" (combo kitefoil and prone surf foilboard)
The old fashioned way of doing this - nowadays it is a computer that scans the blank and controls a router to carve out the board.
And here is the 5'6" prone foilboard
And as the sun started setting on a really fun and relaxing weekend, I went ahead and routed out the divynicell blocks so the mast track boxes can be prepped and epoxied in place.
So three simultaneous projects going on to get a foil and foilboard in place. It may seem like a lot of work and effort to avoid a $2500 pay to play fee, but really it is more about having the satisfaction of being able to make something with your own two hands and make it all rip in the surf!!! There are very few feelings of accomplishment that can top that!
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