Sailhack said...
I've been given a F2 Xantos, circa '94-95ish (guessing?) with some bad damage on the underside, someone has attempted to drill/fill (20 or so 20mm holes - exposed expanding marine foam), and it hasn't worked too well. The board is still firm on top. I've looked on the boardlady site, but there's not much info re; compressed underside.
Questions -
Do I have a crack at repairing it, or is it a tip job? I heard the Xantos boards were fast & good.
If I do have a go at it, do I try to completely re-glass the underside, or patch & use until it dies?
What do I glass it with?...it has a small seam around the edge, so not sure of type of board construction.
My best advice (and this is from a guy that likes to resurrect boards) is that it won't be easy to repair, and not worth your while.
If it has a seam around the edge, it is more than likely made of plastic, to which epoxy and glass won't bond as well as you'd like.
If it was an epoxy board as opposed to a plastic board, you would cut the bottom off, repair the polystyrene, and then the divinycell layers. I think even with that type of repair you really need to have some of the surrounding areas intact so that you can use this as a guide for what level to sand the new section to.
I think that the mast base position would also mean that it is not ideal for modern sails, but that's a guess based on older boards having a mast track further forward than current day boards.
HTH
