I glassed the first side of the fins. It's super important to take time to shape and sand your fins. For me I need to take the time before I glass the board or else I start to get to close to the end product of a completed board and I don't give the fins the attention they should get. I was given some polyester resin at a surf show called the Board room recently. Grateful for the gift but that stuff is stinky and toxic. I prefer to work with epoxy.

Keel fins and tail are rough sanded.

Rising Sun looking fins....

Rough Sanding Completed

I was super eager to make progress and made a few mistakes.  The board isn't ruined, as a matter of fact these boards are so tough several mistakes can't kill them.  I am going to set up a sanding light to work out some symetry issues.

Adding Blocks To Have A Surface Clamping

I found a sure fire way to get a solid hold on gluing nose pieces to the front of a board.  I glued blocks that can easily be planed and sanded off.  I won't hesitate to do this again.  It worked super well.

The Texas Twin

Texas Twin Fin

I have been able to sand down much of the blocks on the nose and tail.  The project sat for a while, but I'm excited to be back in the shop again! 

Texas Twin Fin

I have been able to sand down much of the blocks on the nose and tail.  The project sat for a while, but I'm excited to be back in the shop again!