Garage Works - 2/8/2026

Worked on a couple of repair orders today.

This is Kalani's new to him KT Super K2.

It needs windows for the Foil Drive and a ding repair on the tail.

I drilled out the forward windows and got the fill placed.

And these are the footstrap inserts epoxied into the divynicell reinforcement blocks.

Roland is always jumping his boards - I have to install these to withstand a lot of abuse.

Next up on this is to rout out the slots on the board and open up the delaminated spots (which are pretty close to the spots where the inserts will go).

Then I'll added carbon and fiberglass where needed and get the blocks installed. 

Then I'll place reinforcement patches and a cap sheet.

Then I'll install a vent plug.

I think he said he's used this for Foil Drive before so it doesn't need windows.  I'll double check before giving it back to him.

Garage Works - 2/7/2026

And I did spend a little time in the garage.

These are the footstrap insert reinforcement blocks for the modification that Roland is asking for (place footstraps in the Appletree prone board)

I routed out the slots from the d-cell blocks

And I prepared the inserts by wiping them down with acetone.

I'll epoxy these together tomorrow.

Garage Works - 2/4/2026

This was work from yesterday (forgot to post).

I sanded the nose and tail of the Cymatic.  All is now good with this board.

I went ahead and put the base coat and top coat of wax on.  And I placed it in the Faro board bag (fits perfectly).

Then I shifted to the next project - placing footstrap inserts and a vent into Roland's Appletree prone foil board (that he wants to use for Foil Drive-ing).

I pulled a deckpad section to see how much it would stretch and see if it could be reused.  It stretched too much so it couldn't be saved - then I proceeded to strip it all.  It'll make for a cleaner board modification.

Roland pointed out the delamination happening on the right.  But after taking up more deck pad, the one on the left became readily apparent.  These spots are pretty close to the footstrap locations, so they should be relatively easy to repair and hide.

I set these up according to how Roland indicated, and sent him a text to confirm.

20 cm is the spacing between respective holes - and he had these set pretty much at that spacing.

Personally I would have placed the back foot set further out towards the starboard rail - but that goes to show you everybody rides foils differently.

I'll route out the slots in reinforcement blocks, epoxy in the inserts, then cut the slots in the board.

I'll cut out the delams, epoxy on carbon patches, and then put on a cover sheet over each of the insert sets (so two side-by-side patches).

Garage Works - 3/19/2025

This was yesterday in the garage.

First up was getting the footstrap installed on No.40

This one is only on the starboard side and really only used for landing at WPB.  When I round up at the end where I want to land, I can use my right foot in the strap to keep the foil elevated when in shallow water.

Ready for testing.

And this was after the session at PV.

Dennis said he lost his foil board at the S turn and it messed up his foils.

He also said the Spitfire 900 wouldn't turn for him.

With both those issues, I said go smaller on the rear stabilizer.

And in a case like this, it is actually easier to grind the stab down to a new shape rather than try to rebuild it to where it was.

350P superimposed on the 375P

I'll trim it up today.