I am itching to get this box reinstallation project completed. Getting the mast track boxes pushed further forward on this board will let me get more out the new foils.
Today I started out by cleaning up the reinforcement block (leveled out everything). Then I remeasured and reidentified the midpoint/centerline. Measure-measure-measure to get the position of the boxes defined. Then layout the jig and cut.
This one came out perfect.
I then hit the beach and got in that wing foiling session. When I got back (and after the sun went down a little later), I taped off the nose and got the orange spray paint on (need to have orange somewhere on this board - and it made sense considering this is a rebirth of No.31). I cut out the stiffening carbon patches and the cap sheet and set those aside.
I installed the boxes using 3.5 ounces of epoxy. This is more epoxy than necessary, so I went ahead and laminated the carbon patches.
I mixed up another 1.4 ounces of epoxy and got the cap sheet installed. To make sure there were no air bubbles around the track boxes, I used peelply so I could apply pressure to the laminate while the epoxy was going through the hardening process.
I'll pull this peelply off tomorrow, sand the laps/edges, open up the track slots, add any fill if necessary, replace the orange sticker to the upper left of the left track box, and then apply a fill coat.
I think this board should be back in the rotation by Wednesday (but I'll give it a few days to make sure the epoxy hardens nicely).
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