It’s time
Oh wow a new hobby?? Huge surprise!!
Res-erection: half chub
The fin is on! I’ve been working on the board intermittently over the last couple of weeks. I was putting off getting to the fin but I bit the bullet and put it on yesterday as I’m pretty much just down to the last hot coat application on the dings. My personal assessment: not the best looking fin repair but it’ll work! I had had to patch some glass on the fin when it was off the board but I didn’t clean it up super well. I figured that any exposed weave would just get soaked when I glassed it on to the board but there’s a fair amount of dusty looking parts. That being said, only I will notice. And the board looks like it’s been through hell anyway so not a huge problem if the fin has a weird look too. My only serious concern is whether I have enough glass to keep it on when I’m riding. I applied fin rope - prob about 25-30 strange of 6oz - and two full pieces of 6oz cloth on either side with a proper amount of tail to glass to the board. The fin ain’t going anyw...
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