old board gets a face lift

It was in pretty bad shape, I almost sent it to the landfill, then I got inspired to try to revive it.

I had a delam - mashed in spot on the deck, and I wasn't real happy with my repair, so I repurposed an old aloha shirt as a cover up.  I normally like to do this under glass, but in this case I just lammed the shirt on top.

Thnx. Up close & personal it's nothing to write home about, but at least its presentable. I need to order more resin, and make a decision on fins, to finish the bottom.

I had a lot of ideas for cleaning up the bottom, but they all involved more resin and more weight. This board has always been more workhorse than show pony anyway. I mean, I wouldn't be embarrassed to hang it on my wall like this, but deck side out. So prolly just wet sand and call it good. Take it out & put some more dings in it, haha.

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I factored in as much info as I could gather, with special emphasis on some, and ended up very close to the numbers you sent me.

I placed my fronts at 16" up to the back of the fin.  They are 1 & 1/8" in from the apex of the rail, with 1/4" toe-in, and 5 degrees cant.  The back fins are 8 & 1/8" up to the back edge.  1 & 3/4" in from the apex of the rail, with 1/8" toe-in, and 3 degrees cant.  The fins shown are 4 & 1/2" base fronts, single foil (flat inside), with 4" base rears, double foiled.

Really enjoying the new feel of this old favorite!  Thnx for your help!

2 years later, and again I'm doing some major repairs to this old home-built workhorse.

Its probably 10 years old, rode hard and put up wet. Seen a bit more sunshine than a bedouin tent. Been repaired and rebuilt more times than I can remember. But its still my first choice 9 times out of 10, so I’m patching it up again. Repair not replace.

Aside from general rail dings, the previous repairs to the sunken curdled foam kinda sunk in a little more over time. So I mixed a thickened resin  paste and squeegeed over the low spots. Sanding to feather in the filled areas, and I'll follow up with a final thin coat over everything.

Ready for a few more waves. Admittedly I could've put a little more effort into color matching the resin filler paste, but the deck side still looks good. 

A board that speaks to you 9 out of 10 times when deciding what to take to the beach! Have you thought about doing a new one based on this one?

Yes - in fact I already purchased a blank awhile back.

I went through a lot of personal turmoil that disrupted my life, and only now am I starting to think about building some boards again, and working towards that goal. Planning to make it a "memorial" board to honor my late family members I lost, incorporate some special fabrics in a lam.

I am planning a close copy, but a little longer, and maybe a few (undtermined) design tweaks. 

Here's a few screen grabs I have been collecting 

Back to riding as a single fin. This fin / location is a little squirrelly at times (maybe I was just getting used to it coming from a quad setup-) - but I think this is my favorite so far.

A few photos from the beach.