fairing the daggerboard

sj24 · Post by **sj24** » Fri May 18, 2007 3:26 pm

Has anyone faired their own dagger board? If so, how much work was it and did you actually have to get into the lead? Anyone use Compukeel templates?

Thanks,
Kevin

Gerry Connolly · Post by **Gerry Connolly** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:20 am

I'm interested in fairing the board as well. Mine is out of the boat for a major fix up as a result of hard groundings last summer...

dave · Post by **dave** » Sat May 19, 2007 4:01 pm

You won't get into the lead but be prepared for the worst and hope for the best. Our boat is an '84 and there were numerous sections of laminate that had actually let go of the inner core of the board. I tapped all around to find the attached/detached edges and ground down to the core with the edge of a grinder to release them. Some were a foot square, although not square in shape. Also, the seam that runs all around the edge has oped up baddly and needs to be completely glassed together. Add to that the fact that the board trunk is mounted crooked in the boat AND the board itself has a bad warp in it, and you can see where I'm coming from!

Good luck, I hope yours isn't that bad,

Dave

LarryE-old · Post by **LarryE-old** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:21 pm

Yes I faired my daggerboard.
25-30 hrs, including sealing, bottom paint and wetsanding
No, didn't get to the lead.
Yes, used Compukeel template

tpf · Post by **tpf** » Mon May 21, 2007 9:17 am

25-30 hours sounds right. I used the drawings from the original design to create the profile and then laser cut templates our of SS. (My last job had some neat toys). My keel was solid but had a few shark bites. The biggest problem I found was there was a fairly significant depression on one side midway up the keel. I faired it with west system epoxy and microballoons then overcoated with the west epoxy mixed with aluminum powder.

The last think I did was ink the blade and longboarded it to final finish. The ink shows the highs and lows.

(Mix ink from a pen with acetone and wipe down the board)

I pulled mine from the boat and woked in the flat which made life a lot easier especially longboarding.

grandillusion · Post by **grandillusion** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:50 pm

a product is available from most body shop supply shops for this task, it's called guide coat, in arosol, or powder with a froam applicator, I perfer the latter

Gerry Connolly · Post by **Gerry Connolly** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:40 pm

I did finish the repairs and the fairing to the dagger board. took way longer than I thought but it turned out pretty good.
You have to be pretty close to get it back in the boat...

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