leaks at all forward foot strap inserts  

inserts dislodged in front

deck soft and compressed under forward toes

inserts come out fairly easily with a cork-screw - you did not know a cork screw belonged in a board repair person's tool kit, did you?

the fun begins - making up the new foot strap inserts, properly set into Divinycell this time!

someone is a little anal about lining things up nice and purdy - but its relatively harmless....

making insert sandwiches   

squoosh them to come out even - and minimize weight, of course!

in the meantime, foam all soft spots and cavities with 2-part Marine Urethane foam

laying out the new insert locations - we'll increase the spacing to 6 5/8" between screw holes from the original, minimal 6 1/8", and use  double-inserts across, to prevent twist, and since the owner never used anything but the forward-most locations, anyhow. New inserts are squared and had their vertical corners rounded on a bench sander

fitting the new inserts - note how cavities from original inserts are filled with Urethane foam

sanded and filled and ready for Carbon/glass laminations - I even remembered to mark the screw holes - bitch to find those once they are covered with Carbon!

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