I've recently acquired a DS1 project boat. One of the projects is the centerboard. The trailer's only current centerboard support is a single roller in the upper half of the board. That roller has dented and cracked open the board's leading edge. See attached photos.
On the trailer, I plan to add a pivoting bunk running most of the length of the centerboard.
On the centerboard, I plan to wrap the crack with 3 or 4 layers of bias cut fiberglass cloth. My local lake has lots of submerged trees, so even without the crack, I want to reinforce the WHOLE leading edge to protect from collisions.
I'm debating filling the crack with epoxy before applying the fiberglass. It seems to me the interior fill is just that, fill, with the board's strength coming from the fiberglass shell. I think filling that gap wouldn't make it any stronger.
Opinions on filling the crack?
Opinions on how many layers of glass to add?