After the zero-wind regatta at Higgins Lake last weekend was over, the wind
picked up to
something around 20 mph. I dashed out with my Prodigy and its 8.5 one design
sail but
neglected in my excitement to re-tune the sail with sufficient downhaul for the
conditions. In
brief, I ended up going over the handle bars and the mast cracked off the tip of
the board's
nose. I managed to get off the water without the board taking on water but I'm
wondering
how best to repair the damage. Should I attempt to glue the broken off piece of
the board's
skin back over the exposed foam or should I just throw that away and apply
marine epoxy
directly over the foam and then grind it down to reshape the nose? I guess my
question is,
will the epoxy adhere to the foam core or do I need the original skin material
as a base?