So today i removed the jigs for the fins. Sanded the fin boxes down smooth with the board, and then sanded the entire board down to a nice smooth finish. Lessons learned? Plenty! Don't use locktight epoxy on the leash plug because it turns yellow. Dont rush the glassing cause you'll forget to sand something. I already knew it but, surfboards are defineatly a craft and worth ever penny.
Went surfing today and then started qork on the fin boxes. Surf today was super windy. The wind chill was pretty bad but the water was still easily in the 70°s. I wore a wetsuit and found it wasn't nessesary and also that I'm out of shape. Surfing with wetsuit on is some serious work. These pics are of the fin box install. Hope thet come out well. I've never done it before and i felt a little out of sorts doing it. These are pro boxes with a mackee 5 fin set up. Should work well, looking to get alot of built in drive.
Don't know if you you can tell buy i put the sand coat on the bottom today. The sand coat is basiclly the fill coat. It fills in all the fiber patterns in the fiberglass and also makes all the patches that are over the finboxes and logos blend seamlessly. It also has wax in it. The wax makes the resin sandable when dry. It also makes for a smooth comp sand feel, just like all the boards at the surf shop.
Got the plan shape cut out on the huge chunk of foam. This super groveller should float and catch anything. It's 7'0 with a pulled in squash giving it a bump right before the rail fins. Hopefully that will give some control in the pocket, with alot of drive.
