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pthorner
Joined: 29 Mar 1994 Posts: 164
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gerritt
Joined: 06 May 1998 Posts: 632 Location: Redwood City, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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Its dead - put a fork in it and get a new board. The work required to do a proper repair will quickly outstrip the cost of a new (used of like quality) board. Mast boxes are areas of high stress and integral to the structure and integrity of the board. I would imagine even the best repair by Eva might not hold.
As stated by Dr. Steve, don't get bummed, just look upon it as a new opportunity to upgrade your toy collection.
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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Soggy boards will remain wet whatever we do, and EPS that wet degrades and delams rapidly. Whether you use West Marine, Gorilla Glue, chicken crap, or hammer and nails, that board is toast. Eva could prolong its suffering, but the underlying disease is terminal. It's time to start looking for a replacement. Meantime, open that vent plug every moment it's not being sailed; it takes surprisingly little heat to increase the water vapor pressure inside a damp -- let alone heavy -- board, and internal pressure is fatal.
NEXT time, for you and anyone else with a treasured board they really like, the time to start looking for a backup is when you realize how special a particular board is.
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pthorner
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:13 am Post subject: |
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Okay, so it sounds like a combination of the fork (gerritt) and the chicken crap (isobars) is the way to go to keep the repair costs down. Does the fork go along the side of the mast track or up front? I'm guessing that I got the prorated cost of the board down to less than $3 per sailing day, so I guess I can't cry for too long. Thanks for the diagnosis
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