Even bad boards are still boards and so have a right to go out in a blaze of glory.

No board deserves the undignified death of a thousand botched repairs resulting in terminal languishing in the shed for fear of ridicule on the beach.

Therefore do nothing - except jump high and land flat.

Destiny will take care of the rest.

Ride like you stole it and send it through the pearly gates backwards and on fire.

The obvious thing to do is sell it on ebay !

Describe it like you dont know anything about sailing and use words in the description like " rudder , pole thing , friend left it behind , good for beginners to advanced , could be used for stand up paddleboard, foot handles , " you get the drift . Have a starting bid at lets say $1599 and walllah you've got it sold to new member of Seabreeze, well they will be when they want information on how to put back together a board they just bought off ebay
Make sure photo is of the good side .

You can thank me later ,

And yes I am an estate agent ( that parts serious )

Yes I'm serious. If your board fell apart in strong winds and rough water it would be a challenging situation. It would be difficult to derig and put it all together with half a board to hold onto at the same time.

I've had a few long swim ins over the years. I usually just skull drag the gear into the beach but I'm on lake maquarie so it's not that much of a problem.

One particularly tough swim in comes to mind, wave sailing at blacksmiths beach near swansea channel in a 25 knot southerly. I used to stay up near the breakwall where the surf was managable but on this occasion I foolishly wandered downwind into the section of the beach that was closing out. I was sailing back out when a wave reared up and closed out right in my face, It spat me back out like headbutting a big wooly bull. The lip of the wave got me right in the forehead lol. I swear to you the lip actually made an audible smacking noise as it hit my forhead. It was a very gnarly swim. When I surfaced my forhead was even stinging slighty from being bitch slapped by that wave lol. And to top it off I found myself in a rip when I surfaced and my board and rig washed away. By the time I staggered up the beach I was absolutely stuffed.

As for my seatrend, I can relate to what you guys are a saying. A good board that has served you well deserves to die a glorious death. However this one still has a pulse and is not ready to go yet. I think if I bodgy up the crease it will crack somewhere else and I will chasing cracks all over the bottom of the board. A layer of carbon on the bottom will give the board a new lease of life. It's a dead flat bottom shape anyway so it shouldn't be to hard. Maybe if I make myself some excruciating waterproof footstraps I can recoup some of the weight.

Of course if a certain salesman can get 1500 bucks for it on ebay, I think we can work something out lol.

Cluffy said...

This line and another like it further back have been in my seatrend for quite a while. They weren't bad enough to warrant repairs but some paint recently flaked off on the more advanced crease.There seems to be a little bit of crazing in the undercoat that was revealed. I'm not sure if if the glass itself has failed yet but it looks to be on the way. This is a very fragile board and it has never been jumped for this reason. This board is out of date but still quite ridable. I would prefer not to lose it just yet.

Some options I've considered are:

Sand out a shallow trough along the crease and apply a strip of carbon. At my level of skill this option will definately leave a noticable bump.

Apply a layer of carbon over the entire bottom of the board. If I squeegee out the resin and bog it will ballons I dont think the weight will be problem.

Screw some wooden legs into this dinosaur and make it into a coffee table. Not a great option. My coffee mug will slide off the nose and so will the tv remote.

Get over it and buy an isonic 110 woody. I like this option

any suggestions for repairs or possible other uses for the board much appreciated

Sticky tape...

Thanks for the advice mark much appreciated. The crease goes right across the board in a diagonal direction. The fact that the crease is dead straight and goes across the board at an angle makes me think that it is a join in the divinycell layer that was done during construction. There is another line identical to it near the nose.

I think the bastards have used offcuts to make my damn board lol. There's no sign of cracking up the rails yet so it should last until a replacment arrives. I actually wasn't kidding about the isonic 110 I'm definately getting one. It will slot in exactly in the wind range I use this board for so once it get's here the seatrend has had it's day. I was kind of hoping to stick it up in the roof in case any of my nephew's(who all sail) get into the sport but it looks like that plan is out the window. They'll just have to bum a go of the isonic, good luck with that lol.