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William R. Watt
 
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Default Repairing a daggerboard

first, drill a hole through the daggerboard at the top of the crack to
keep it from going any further up the daggerboard. next, drill more holes
along the crack. they don't have to go all the way through. fill all the
holes with adhesive. I'd suggest epoxy because its clear and won't spoil
the look of the daggerboard (as well as strong, waterproof, blah, blah,
blah). If you drill right through then tape one end of the holes shut and
work the epxoy into the other end. A toothpick is a good tool for filling
drilled holes with goop.

I'd also run epoxy along the crack. You can try inserting a wedge of some
sort at the bottom to see if the crack will open up a bit so the epoxy
will run in more. You could also ream out the crack a little with a pen
knife so more epoxy will get in.



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