I have a very nice koa/birch/koa wood fin a customer provided, and I foiled. It’s going on a 9’8" clear three stringer and should look real fine, but the wood fin will need a good deal of protection.
I expect I’ll stick it on, do the rope thing at the base, two layers of six ounce up each side, but it’s gonna need a halo like the old (early 60s) longboards. That would be made of long strands of roving, wetted, squeezed, and laid along the leading edge of the fin.
I’ve never done a halo before… is this the right sequence? I can see it going a couple of different sequences, and shoot, one way or another I’ll get it done, but which is the true path?
TIA