First off, hello all at swaylocks and I hope this hasn’t already been asked. I’ve used the search function but couldn’t find anything specific, so here goes. Making my first board and have access to some free xps sheets. Unfortunately, they are only 600mm long by 100mm thick, so in order to make a board I have to join two sheets together. To do this, I’ve routed out a 30cm section of each sheet and then glued them together with gorilla glue. I’ve also put in a stringer and a couple of dowles for strength but I’m worried, what with xps’s reputation for delaminating, that it’s still gonna be a big weak patch in the middle of the board and it might snap. Anyways, hopefully the pictures will make sense. My question is, is there anything more I can do to strengthen it, and do I need to or will a heavy glassing schedule be enough? Was thinking 3 4s on top and 2 on the bottom, with a tail patch for the fins…
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Thanks all.