Board Repair

[wicked168224]

I recently took a quarter sized chip out of my centerboard. Any suggestions in what product is best to fix this (ex. marine tex) ?

Thanks-
Mike

 

[49208]

Marine Tex works fine when you get the mix ratio correct, and if it's wrong, it won't harden. You can do just as well with any epoxy or polyester resin, thickened with silica and/or chopped/milled glass strands. Samples here : http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/search_subCategory.do?categoryName=Thickeners%20/%20Fillers%20/%20%20Additives&categoryId=210&refine=1&page=GRID

 

[TheBoathouse]

Don't use Marine Tex as it cures harder then the blades and as you sand it you end up "dishing out" the blade around the repair. Use any other 2 part epoxy with some silica filler and try to shape it before it completely cures.

 

[jsvrolyk]

To revive an old thread... on my way back on the train from a regatta, someone kicked my board bag, and broke off a chip roughly 1'' long by 1/2'' wide from the trailing tip of my daggerboard. Fortunately, it was a clean break and so I just epoxied the tip back onto the daggerboard. There is, however, a line I can feel with my finger. I know that it's essentially irrelevant to my sailing performance given how many other things I do wrong, but I'd prefer it to be perfect. I would just wet sand it, but I have a feeling that given that there is a discontinuity there, no matter how much I wet sand down there will still be a little catch in one direction or the other. Should I get a tiny amount of paint and brush it over, or use some filler, and then sand it down flat?

 

[ChalmersP]

When someone or something broke a chip off of my daggerboard I used the mandrill of an old rivet, the stick that falls out when youre done, And drillled a hole a little bit smaller than the rivet, then tapped the rivet into the hole and placed marine tex on it with a duct tape bottom so you can get a smooth edge, then let it sit, tape side down, overnight! finally sand it down with a block of some sort and youre ready to go!!!!!!!


Hope it helps
ChalmersP

 

[David Vaughan]

Greetings Jsvrolyk, and others;

I recently did some of this same work, filling in divits, and fixing small chips in my rudder and board. The repairs were made easy using 2 part epoxy and silica filler from West Marine. (West Systems) I mixed the appropriate proportions of the epoxy per the instructions provided on the cans, added silica filler to a peanut butter consistancy, and once dry, (about 60 minutes), sanded. I filled some areas only once, more troublesome areas up to three times, using thin coats of the filler each time. Finely I wet sanded with 600 grit paper, primed and painted. Easy as that, the job was completed in one day, minus drying time for the paint, resulting in a clean smooth surface.

Hope this helps;

Aloha;

Dave Vaughan, NW Florida

 

[lasersailor184544]

When someone or something broke a chip off of my daggerboard I used the mandrill of an old rivet, the stick that falls out when youre done, And drillled a hole a little bit smaller than the rivet, then tapped the rivet into the hole and placed marine tex on it with a duct tape bottom so you can get a smooth edge, then let it sit, tape side down, overnight! finally sand it down with a block of some sort and youre ready to go!!!!!!!


Hope it helps
ChalmersP

Thats exactly what I did because my repairs always continued to fail, but now I have a new boat with a new board!

 

[jsvrolyk]

I don't have any divets to fill, I just have a hairline crack that only barely catches your fingernail between the board and the piece I glued back on. After looking at it again, I think that painting it will sufficiently fill in the crack.