Garage Works - 11/4/2024

As with most recent Mondays, I took the day off from foiling/water time and took a short nap in the afternoon.

Then I hit the garage to get some of the projects further along -

I started with the SK8 950 repair.  I sanded the excess carbon and epoxy off to see where I was at.

You can see the little clear "hook" or cutout - that still needs to be filled, so more carbon and epoxy...

The extra layers will also help strengthen the wingtip so no big deals.

Slow and steady is the best way to fix a broken wing tip.

I'll sand this down again tomorrow and get it faired in.  If it goes well, I can use the solid paint marker and get it filled in and wet sanded.

And I got the center line filled in on Greg's board.  That's after sanding the excess epoxy from yesterday off the center line delamination repair.

This fill will help even out the unevenness between the two sides (and how they took the epoxy differently based on the condition of the foam). 

Tomorrow I'll sand this to get it flatter - then I'll put some rail tape over it to help make sure it doesn't ever open up unexpectedly.

I'll also sand the bottom fills and see if I can get rail tape over the nose and tail repair areas.

Garage Works - 8/26/2024

This was work in the garage over the past couple of days.  I'm trying to get these cleared as I've got a few more repair orders to get to.

I'm not going to narrate these - they are kind of self explanatory - I'm just keeping these online to catalog the repairs.

Repair Orders

And as fast as I can get them out of the garage, new ones come in.  I have Zach's windsurfing board and what I think is a SUP for Zach's wife, but the ding repair was asked for by Prayot.

Here's the windsurfer -

The repairs are focused in the nose area.  I already sanded the areas that need to be filled and covered with a cap sheet for fiberglass.  I'll use blue tint in the epoxy to try and keep with the existing theme.  Starboard used Innegra on this board (because kevlar is not white) - so I've done all the sanding I can (without incurring a bunch of ancillary work)

I also opened the soft spot on the deck.  I'm going to fill this one with epoxy and thiksil to restore the rigidity.

There are also a couple of spots on the deck that I'll hit with spray paint to hide the repair.

I'll take a closer look at the SUP tomorrow.

Garage Works - 8/13/2024

I got the projects in the garage completed today.

I sanded the repaired areas of the big Armstrong SUP/Wing board - and I even got them painted (white to match the rest of the board).  I didn't take pictures (yet).

Then I started sanding the chopped foil.

Here's the finished project. 

Garage Works - 8/6/2024

I'm trying to get these projects done and out of the garage (since the building area has been taken down).

Here is the wing tips filled on the chop shop request I got from Tim.

Next is to sand this down and laminate some carbon fiber to it.

And this is the weeping hole on Ken's wing board.  I opened the hole and have been letting it dry for a week.  I filled it today (since I was filling the wingtips).

Tomorrow I'll laminate carbon (probably one step).  Then I'll paint it white and this one will be done.

And Marlon put another fill coat on the board he is building.

Garage Works - 8/6/2023

Marlon and I ran errands today.  At one point we ended up at HIC Kailua.  They had a 75 liter wing board for $550 - I was tempted, but then remembered I don't have any room in the garage and I still have a cool board to laminate.  I'll save the $550 for something else (probably an Axis Spitfire).

We came home and having been inspired by the temptation at HIC, I set to work with new determination to finish No.32 - I epoxied the SUP handle in place and looked at the orientation of the mast track boxes.

Tomorrow night I'll cut out the box slots and epoxy those down.

I also closed up several of the open dings on Ken's longboard and added more foam to the finbox void.  This thing really should be put out to pasture...

Since I'm cutting the finbox on No.32, I'll do the same on this board tomorrow.

Garage Works - 5/30/2023

This is how I ended up working the rails on Jimmy's board - thin layer of epoxy to fill, and peel ply to take up the excess.

There were some creases in the eopxy post hardening, so I went ahead and sanding the entire repair area to get more excess epoxy off.

The finished product came out really nice!  And it was super solid through the repair area.  This board will be in a race next month - Maui to Molokai - and I feel confident the board will serve Jimmy well for years to come!!!