Ok a few weeks ago i had the great idea of getting a busted frp daggerboard and restoring it, a very kind fellow member of sunfish forums (yahoo) gave me his.
I was happy as a clam (still am) but then i started to buy the restoring supplies and began to realize the $$$$ money and time is very similar to just get a "practice one" at intensitysa...
Let me re-iterate im very grateful of getting this daggerboard and its a Fun project but wow its lots of work and the supplies are not that cheap
polyester resin (cheap and smelly, but very handy)
fiberglass cloth/ mat
nails
mondo all purpose putty
marinetex putty
brushes/gloves/etc
all in all like 60 bucks plus shipping for the daggerboard , cost little less than getting a new practice one
OK lets start, big chunk gone at the trailing edge and at the bottom tip (measures only 41.5 at the tip) so it needs 2.5 more
to give some support to the missing parts i made a "skeleton" structure with nails
so painters tape to serve as the back and template
fiberglass layers and layers
I was happy as a clam (still am) but then i started to buy the restoring supplies and began to realize the $$$$ money and time is very similar to just get a "practice one" at intensitysa...
Let me re-iterate im very grateful of getting this daggerboard and its a Fun project but wow its lots of work and the supplies are not that cheap
polyester resin (cheap and smelly, but very handy)
fiberglass cloth/ mat
nails
mondo all purpose putty
marinetex putty
brushes/gloves/etc
all in all like 60 bucks plus shipping for the daggerboard , cost little less than getting a new practice one
OK lets start, big chunk gone at the trailing edge and at the bottom tip (measures only 41.5 at the tip) so it needs 2.5 more
to give some support to the missing parts i made a "skeleton" structure with nails
so painters tape to serve as the back and template
fiberglass layers and layers