Mishap at Burrum Heads yesterday left my beloved Flow with a nose like Jeff Fennech
No repairers up this way so will need to attack it myself. The thing is, I cant find any info on repairing this type of board. It doesn't seem to be epoxy, just plastic over foam. I have done plenty of Surfboard repairs in my day but nothing of this construction. Boardlady website only deals with epoxy boards with this type of damage. Can anyone point me in the right direction Please..

Thanks Bender. I have no problem with Mr Hacksaw, in fact it was part of the plan. Dang board is too long and pointy anyway! I'll see if I can find the post.

This might help

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=46558&SearchTerms=mistral,flow

A Mod might need to fix the link...

Yep, the flow is like an old friend that you only catch up with every year or so, but you have a ball every time you do. could not part with it. Besides, it's just too much fun to sail. I found a few old threads, but there were a few conflicting ideas around materials to use. Bondalucci was using epoxy and polyester resin?? As if I want confused to begin with. I guess I really need to understand what the Flow is constructed with. Can anyone enlighten me. It's a Flow 284 Free-ride, 113l. No vent plug, no idea what year as I got it second hand. Sorry about the stupid questions, but ya gotta start somewhere eh! The only stupid question is the one you don't ask

Mine was definitely epoxy, normal sandwich construction.

Decrepit has repaired plastic boards like yours before, he cut the nose off, bevelled a very gradual taper on the plastic with rough sandpaper, and used that to stick the fibreglass to.

Good luck, those boards are well worth the effort

nebbian said...


Decrepit has repaired plastic boards like yours before, he cut the nose off, bevelled a very gradual taper on the plastic with rough sandpaper, and used that to stick the fibreglass to.

When you say he stuck fiberglass to the plastic, don't suppose you know what resin he used, epoxy or polyester? Sorry for all the questions but I don't want to get it wrong. I've heard horror stories about 'meltdowns'

EPOXY ... as i was going thru my boatbuilding aprentiship they taugh me that fiberglass wont stick to anny type of plastic ..
that y we had to sikaflex plastic skin fitting into boats

Good luck, as Nicko said epoxy won't stick very well to plastic, hence the need to roughen the plastic with rough sandpaper. This will provide mechanical grip.

hey grayza,
an epoxy fix will do the job.
What happened , did you run up the eastern boat ramp ?

Miko

someone already got the factory hacksaw to mine.
my minstral board started falling apart last forghtnight ago ;-( im not sure if im gona get another minstral cause it didnt last that long.
how does a board crack like this? i was out in chop hammering it but surley that didnt do it?

no its a 130 litre minstral explosion noob board.. treated us extremely well had a rough old life !!! im gona let my mates use it and mabe fix it with dimple tape and quickmetal ;-O.

MIKO said...

hey grayza,
an epoxy fix will do the job.
What happened , did you run up the eastern boat ramp ?

Miko

Ran up a ramp indeed, came off a ramp over a shallow bank, board stopped, I didn't, hooked in, boom into nose @ 25-30. Made a horrible noise

Hacksaw too slow, looks better already

I know it had to be done but I'm always sad to see the nose cut off a Flow.

I like 'em pointy.

busterwa said...

someone already got the factory hacksaw to mine.
my minstral board started falling apart last forghtnight ago ;-( im not sure if im gona get another minstral cause it didnt last that long.
how does a board crack like this? i was out in chop hammering it but surley that didnt do it?

That's not falling apart, that's clearly damage from catapualts and any board will look like that after continual beatings.

Taking shape, but a shaper I am not. Respect to those guys who can tame a power tool in the presence of polystyrene. Down from 284 to 255 now. Managed to get some epoxy but cure time is 80 mins. Not a bad thing I guess when it's your first crack at it. did a test on the off cut to avoid a meltdown. All good, will start glassing tonight. Thanks for all of your tips so far.