So I was looking for a really thick and wide longboard to use on real small days (most days are really small, I surf the great lakes)… just something to catch a ton of waves on. I ended up picking up an old banged up Hobie peter pan slug.The board is 9’5 x 18 3/4 x 23 7/8 x 15 x 3 1/4 - Exactly what I was looking for, but it needs some repairs. I’ll have no prob with the dings and cleaning up old repairs, but the fin box and tail is messed up.
The tail/fin had pretty much been destroyed and the guy I bought it from put in a new finbox and re-built the tail but didn’t finish it. The tail has a ton of sanding resin poured on it that i’ll need to sand down, re-build the rails, and then put some fiberglass over it. Is it safe to put glass over sanding resin? Also, the finbox is loose and was installed crooked and there’s some foam missing around the sides of it that was replaced w/ balsa. I’m thinking the best idea to fix the fin box would be to remove it, route out a bigger square of foam, and glue in a fresh piece of polyurethane foam, then put in the finbox as if you were doing it for the first time. Or my other option is to remove the fin box, fill in the hole w/ a piece of foam, and then glass on a fin. What do you guys think would be better in the long run and easiest to do for a total novice? How would you fix this?