Evening Session - 7/29/2024

Small surf this evening.  I came out late - Duke was standing on the beach.

He said he hit a tiger with his foil - he was kinda freaked out (I know I was when I hit that big hammerhead outside Firsts).

I said I was only going out to catch a few - 

But it was really hard to ride any of the handful of waves I caught because I accidently brought the Hammah Fish (I thought I grabbed the Boogie Fish).

I did get up a few times, so I guess I'm counting this session - 

If I had a longboard, I think things would have been different.

W:94/FD:52/F:4/S:14

Garage Works - 3/23/2024

I got a bunch of stuff done today.  First I got delamination repairs on Duke's prone foil board completed.

He is only paying me $40 for the repair (he's having a baby soon with his girlfriend - I figured he'll be buried in diapers soon so I'd give him a break) - so I got it to functional, not perfect.  These XPS foam board with the perforated deck skins are weird, and they are even weirder to fix. 

I then cut out the templates I've had lying around.  These are No.33 and No.36.

And I transferred No.36 onto the glued up blank I made from the offcut.

And I got Noe to show me what she wanted fixed on her Laser.

I got the scratches/dings filled.  I'll sand them down tomorrow and maybe throw on a fiberglass patch for good measure.

Noe has already sold this boat to a KYC member - we are just trying to get it ship shape!

Garage Works - 3/20/2024

After cooking dinner and cleaning up, I got out to the garage and did some work.

First up was sanding the edges of the laminated carbon patch.

Then I got the first fill coat on.  I'm pretty sure I'll have to put at least one more down to get an level surface.

And I got the urge to glue up these offcuts to get another blank lined up.  Gorilla Glue works perfectly in this scenario - shapes just like the surrounding foam.

And this is the template that will go on this blank.  No.36 will be another Foil Drive board - but with all the power that the Max has, I figure I can pull in the tail a bit, and possibly make an inset for the drive unit. 

We'll see how that goes - gotta finish laminating Matt's board first.

Garage Works - 3/19/2024

La and Noe were out when I got home - so I immediately went to work on the projects in the garage.

I sanded the carbon I laminated onto Duke's board.

Then that lead to a fill coat

And a touch up to the repair on the nose

At this point I think I took the polyurethane block on No.35 down with a planer - but I'll write about that when I get to the picture.

I came back to Duke's board and got the carbon fitted to the delam section.

And I got a cap sheet on - both layers epoxied on with 3.5 ounces and 1.4 ounces.

I'll sand the edges and add a fill coat tomorrow.

Duke reminded me there is another ding under Prayot's sticker - I'll have to get to that after the bottom deck work.

While I was cleaning up in the garage, I pieced together the offcuts and this looks like it'll be the blank for No.35 (which is going to be a purpose built Foil Drive Max board, or a slightly narrower version of No.25 - either will have the 16" tracks).  The Foil Drive board would be more interesting as I am planning to have a cutout through the center (nose to tail) to get the Foil Drive unit closer to my foot, while leaving thicker sections on either side for some volume (think catamaran).

If I go with a modified version of No.25, I'd be building it so I can put the smaller foils on it.  No.25 is pegged and I'm not really able to get any of the foils smaller than 1000 sqcm on it. 

I also cleaned the Evolution Cedrus mast.  It goes together nicer now.

But I did find this crack on the adapter end of the mast.  It is detectable on this side, and there is another slightly less noticeable one on the other side also.  I'm going to keep my eye on this..

And this is what I actually started on first when I got home.  I used the Makita battery operated planer and I got the polyurethane block leveled off with the top deck.  I also took the opportunity to clean up the shape a little more.

I was looking to see where the SUP handle would be located to balance the board with a foil attached.

I think I will try to get the bottom deck laminated tomorrow.

Garage Works - 3/18/2024

Got some headway on the garage projects also.  I made a stop at Fiberglass Hawaii to pick up the carbon and pigment for Matt's board (No.35).

And I got the top polyurethane blocks installed.  Tomorrow I'll try to get this shaved down flush (using the surforms).

And I got more prep work done on Duke's board.  I sanded the cut surfaces on the bottom deck so I can feather in the carbon cap sheet.  I also poked lots of holes in the surface of the XPS.  This will get a slick coat of epoxy before I place the first carbon layer - and it will help prevent future delamination (by not wholly relying on contact adhesion - this extra mechanical adhesion will help I think).

I'll laminate this tomorrow. 

I did get the top deck delam patched up.  Here is the filler strips setup.

Here's the setup all prepped and ready for epoxy.

I mixed up 1.4 ounces of aluzine and got the bottom saturated, then placed the patch(es) and got the saran wrap tightly placed.

I'll sand this and place another fill coat on it to get this to finished level.

Garage Works - 3/16/2024

I checked on Duke's board this afternoon - still moist.  I figured I'd go ahead and take off the carbon that had delaminated from the top deck.  I'll add some cuts to the foam so when I fill it and add the laminate, the repair will hold and will not delaminate (as quickly).

I also went ahead and cut out the delaminated areas on the bottom.  I had actually considered just adding resin and see if the repair would hold - but I realized I'd have to make the cuts into the foam here as well (to slow down the delam).  I just cut it out also.

Once this board dries, I'll get the carbon on - just not sure when that'll be (needs to be dry).

Garage Works - 3/13/2024

Duke brought this over tonight - a Majek prone foilboard that he got for $100

This looks to be one of Glenn's early models - an XPS board with holes in the lamination.

This board has delams top and bottom.  I went ahead and cut open the bottom to let it dry out.  Tomorrow I'll cut off all the delaminated skin and let it dry some more.