I am building a paipo board out of 1 3/4 Paulowina wood. I want to put fins on it, but I don’t want to fiberglass it . So I was thinking about putting some futures fin boxes on it. If I epoxy in the boxes, will they hold? Or will they tear out? Do they need to be glassed in?
I haven't used Futures boxes on a wood board, but I have used Fins Unlimited, FCS, and ProBox. I think epoxied into place will be plenty strong, just make sure there is epoxy all the way around, and no voids for water to get in.