Thread: Torture Boards

I am going to persume you are talking about a long board, torture board is a good name for it though!
There are a few things that vary the type of board that need to use.
The size of the boat and the tightness of the curves in her, it isnt anygood having a really long board if it wont bend around the curves of the boat.
I went with what the Gougeon Brothers recommendation.
About 1100-1200mm long and about 8-10mm thick. The width was dictated by the sand paper I could get which was about 125mm.
It is most important that you use 40 or 60 grit paper and buy a fair bit and replace it often to keep it sharp.
The handles on the board should be about 100mm from the ends. I used curtin rail for these and got them in the right spot for my hands by cutting angles on the ends that fasten to the board and then one screw and an epoxy fillet around them. It is important that they are a single fix point or it may stop the board from flexing.
I fixed the sand paper on by turning over the end and then just using some short staples to fix it.
A fiber glass sail batten and a lead light are needed to check it is fair.
The most important thing is to have a good time, its a character building job!
Scotty
P.S if you want a picture of mine let me know