Surfing Waves

This is a 9’6” Jeffrey Dale surfboard. It’s got a fair amount of damage on the nose. The fin is glassed but loose. And looks like the hot coat is pealing away. I got it for for free. Is it worth trying to repair my self or should I hand it off to someone else. I have never done any serious repair work before.

Nice board. I think that would be a big project to take on .. but it looks like the type of board thats worthy of restoring IMO. But I'm probably biased because I really like vintage boards.

It looks like it has more than a sun tan and probably has some water damage to the darker areas of the foam. Try pushing some of the dark spots and see if the fiberglass/foam is kinda soft or delaminating.

It has a nice wooden tail block and the nose looks like it may have had wood inlay at some point.. or maybe it's just some scuffing. Its hard to tell from the pic. But it looks like it was a really nice quality board at one time, if you can get it water tight again.

Otherwise you could probably find some buyers for it.. with people looking to restore boards As-Is. Vintage boards are getting really popular again. Good luck!

To restore and fix it properly will probably cost you a few $100 in materials and a bit of time. But to fix it to a level that makes it water tight and surfable a lot less - may not look pretty, but reglassing the nose (maybe filling in a few of the holes) and strengthening the fin and a bit of solarez around the place and it should be ok. Might only last a year or two of regular surfing, but if you don’t mind that or just want a longboard for now and then, could be an option

Just make it water tight and tide it, seems like just a few things here and there