Cloth inlay for some flare ✨

[@pierce6456]

really cool. My gut reaction as a dinghy sailor is to lament the energy you're losing because of the textured surface on the water but I guess for yall it doesn't really matter lol

[@paulzeye_surfboards]

Haha that would be the case if this step wasn’t followed by evening out the edges of the cloth, fiberglass lamination, hot coat, and a final sand! That should solve that issue? 🤓

[@pierce6456]

@@paulzeye_surfboards LOL yup you got me, keep on keepin on. Very cool work

[@aliaskong1723]

Nice work.

[@paulzeye_surfboards]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@aliaskong1723]

​@@paulzeye_surfboards in 1967 I made a board.... I didnt have a day job to quit yet.😅

[@paulzeye_surfboards]

Have you shaped once since then?

[@aliaskong1723]

No, but have wanted to.

[@paulzeye_surfboards]

@@aliaskong1723 you definitely should if you get a chance!

[@smallkinedings]

Lovely jubly!

[@paulzeye_surfboards]

thank you!

[@MichaelZimmerer]

@@paulzeye_surfboards smallkine just commented on your short, wtf...!

[@paulzeye_surfboards]

@@MichaelZimmerer hahaha yeah! We’ve commented on other posts before as well! Pretty cool eh?

[@powerlooper9121]

I'm likin' the beveled rails.

[@paulzeye_surfboards]

Thank you! Unfortunately it made it really hard to engage the rails. Lesson learned 😅

[@powerlooper9121]

@@paulzeye_surfboards What you learned is very useful to hydrofoil board design. You want that bevel for the exact same reason you don't want it on a surfboard.

[@paulzeye_surfboards]

@@powerlooper9121 😮 that’s a cool bit of information! I guess I. Had to learn it the hard way. Any way you think I can salvage this board into a more rideable one? I had a thought to glass in a longer single fin to make it ride more like a longboard.

[@powerlooper9121]

@@paulzeye_surfboards I build my prototype boards (patented) out of epoxy. They are not pretty, but it is easy to do design modifications.

[@powerlooper9121]

@@paulzeye_surfboards You might want to add edges to your bottom, from the midpoint to the tail. You can do this in the hot coat - add a bit of Cabosil(sp?) to make some paste, and that way you can put a slight double-concave running from the midpoint to the tail. That will provide lift, and give the rail some bite - go from displacement mode to a planing mode.