Im planning to shape a mini simmons 5'8x22x2 and a bit....
Im resahping it from an old corkie paddle board I found in the gutter one afternoon i was out running. It measures 5'8x20x3.5, the rails are allready profiled so i will take the inch out of the bottom which will sharpen my bottom edge up. My problem is how to find the extra 2 inches...(this being lifes biggest dilema....)
Should I use a 2 inch balsa stringer or glue up a pair of stringers closer to the rails or use a foam stringer insert to get my width? At the end of the day it is going to be a glue up, just want to get away with little weight but strength.
in the theme of recycling - could I use the off cuts from when i slice the board down from 3 inchs to 2 to make a reasonable strong foam stringer by reinforcing it with cloth prior to glue up? say: half the board - cloth (2x60z) - 2 inch foam insert - cloth (2x6oz) - half board?