Garage Works - 8/23/2025

I did spend some time in the garage today.

First up was getting Marlon's foil board repairs forwarded.  I got the track block glued in place.  Tomorrow will see trimming of the glue and carbon installation.

Then I shifted over to No.42

I got the template cut out of the blank I glued up.

And I emptied the shop vac and cleaned up the garage floor.

I did that other stuff because I wanted to think about the nose rocker on this board and how I'm going to shape the bottom.  Sometimes it's good to think about other things so you can clear your mind before commit to cut foam.

Garage Works - 5/11/2025

I got a bunch of projects completed for La on Mother's Day - and then I got to spend a couple of hours in the garage working on No.41

I got through the rough shaping with the electric planer and surform.

I usually stop and take a break at this point to take a fresh perspective on the shape when I come back to it - but I went ahead and proceeded to the fine shaping using the dragonskin and sanding screen.

This was another couple of hours of work on the board so now I'm up to 5 hours.

I am going to think about how I'm going to work a Foil Drive trench into this build before going further (plus there is a swell hitting and there will be good conditions for wing foiling). 

Garage Works - 5/4/2025

Yesterday I did some measuring on No.41

I didn't cut anything - just marked out the points that I'll trim away when the garage is clear (La doesn't like foam dust on her car).

For a little bit, I forgot this is destined to be a trench board - so I'll stick with a blocky transom.

I'll start rough shaping soon (clear garage...)

Garage Works - 5/3/2025

Having cleared the garage of repair orders, I started on No.41 today.

Templated -

Cut out and trimmed

Top and bottom skinned and the bottom rocker rough cut.

This was about an hour of work (I'm going to keep a running tally on how much time this one takes to complete).

Oh - and this one is going to be a trench board.  I want to know whether the cut out makes a difference or not.

Garage Works - 11/17/2024

I had a bunch of errands to run in between winging and getting home - haircuts and picking up stuff for La.  But once I got home, both Marlon and La had the garage clear.

I got through from the rough shaping to the fine sanding on No.39 this afternoon. 

And I even got the track block all measured out and ready to route

This is where I'll be placing the track block (which I'll try to get opened up tomorrow).

And after working on No.39, I got the excess epoxy off the repaired areas on Prayot's AFS Pure 900

The front edge repair needed additional epoxy to get filled properly.  And since I was working with epoxy anyways, I got the starboard wing tip all dressed up as well.

I should be able to fair this in tomorrow and then wetsand (and it could be done).