This line and another like it further back have been in my seatrend for quite a while. They weren't bad enough to warrant repairs but some paint recently flaked off on the more advanced crease.There seems to be a little bit of crazing in the undercoat that was revealed. I'm not sure if if the glass itself has failed yet but it looks to be on the way. This is a very fragile board and it has never been jumped for this reason. This board is out of date but still quite ridable. I would prefer not to lose it just yet.
Some options I've considered are:
Sand out a shallow trough along the crease and apply a strip of carbon. At my level of skill this option will definately leave a noticable bump.
Apply a layer of carbon over the entire bottom of the board. If I squeegee out the resin and bog it will ballons I dont think the weight will be problem.
Screw some wooden legs into this dinosaur and make it into a coffee table. Not a great option. My coffee mug will slide off the nose and so will the tv remote.
Get over it and buy an isonic 110 woody. I like this option 
any suggestions for repairs or possible other uses for the board much appreciated 
Even bad boards are still boards and so have a right to go out in a blaze of glory.
No board deserves the undignified death of a thousand botched repairs resulting in terminal languishing in the shed for fear of ridicule on the beach.
Therefore do nothing - except jump high and land flat.
Destiny will take care of the rest.
hard to tell from the pic how big the damage is,
But if its the start of a crease, I would save your money on the repair and buy a new one,
Ride it till it breaks!
Ride like you stole it and send it through the pearly gates backwards and on fire.
What do you do if you are out a couple of kms from shore and your board break and then sinks?
As the board owes you nothing why not give it a go at repairing it?
The obvious thing to do is sell it on ebay !
Describe it like you dont know anything about sailing and use words in the description like " rudder , pole thing , friend left it behind , good for beginners to advanced , could be used for stand up paddleboard, foot handles , " you get the drift . Have a starting bid at lets say $1599 and walllah you've got it sold to new member of Seabreeze, well they will be when they want information on how to put back together a board they just bought off ebay 
Make sure photo is of the good side .
You can thank me later ,
And yes I am an estate agent ( that parts serious )
Yes I'm serious. If your board fell apart in strong winds and rough water it would be a challenging situation. It would be difficult to derig and put it all together with half a board to hold onto at the same time.
I've had a few long swim ins over the years. I usually just skull drag the gear into the beach but I'm on lake maquarie so it's not that much of a problem.
One particularly tough swim in comes to mind, wave sailing at blacksmiths beach near swansea channel in a 25 knot southerly. I used to stay up near the breakwall where the surf was managable but on this occasion I foolishly wandered downwind into the section of the beach that was closing out. I was sailing back out when a wave reared up and closed out right in my face, It spat me back out like headbutting a big wooly bull. The lip of the wave got me right in the forehead lol. I swear to you the lip actually made an audible smacking noise as it hit my forhead. It was a very gnarly swim. When I surfaced my forhead was even stinging slighty from being bitch slapped by that wave lol. And to top it off I found myself in a rip when I surfaced and my board and rig washed away. By the time I staggered up the beach I was absolutely stuffed.
As for my seatrend, I can relate to what you guys are a saying. A good board that has served you well deserves to die a glorious death. However this one still has a pulse and is not ready to go yet. I think if I bodgy up the crease it will crack somewhere else and I will chasing cracks all over the bottom of the board. A layer of carbon on the bottom will give the board a new lease of life. It's a dead flat bottom shape anyway so it shouldn't be to hard. Maybe if I make myself some excruciating waterproof footstraps I can recoup some of the weight.
Of course if a certain salesman can get 1500 bucks for it on ebay, I think we can work something out lol.
Cluffy
Sandwich boards can be deceiving. It is not like a crack in the skin of an old school glass board where what u see is what u got. I have seen less of a crack than that and I thought it would be a poxy little repair, but the crack went 1 foot longer thru the divinycell layer, and the stryro was cracked right thru. (Yeah Newson, I am talking about yours lol )
A patchup will only make it more watertight and not address the underlying issues so you will not have strengthened it.
No insult, but if it is a Seatrend it is 15- 20yrs old (?) and the carbon and epoxy you buy will be worth more than the board.
Save soem quids to get slightly more modern board for say $300 - $500 and when u have that in the bank sail the sh!t out of the Seatrend and try to break it. It is fun to break it, not care and buy a board the same day :)
Chicks really dig that hardcore attitood
Thanks for the advice mark much appreciated. The crease goes right across the board in a diagonal direction. The fact that the crease is dead straight and goes across the board at an angle makes me think that it is a join in the divinycell layer that was done during construction. There is another line identical to it near the nose.
I think the bastards have used offcuts to make my damn board
lol. There's no sign of cracking up the rails yet so it should last until a replacment arrives. I actually wasn't kidding about the isonic 110 I'm definately getting one. It will slot in exactly in the wind range I use this board for so once it get's here the seatrend has had it's day. I was kind of hoping to stick it up in the roof in case any of my nephew's(who all sail) get into the sport but it looks like that plan is out the window. They'll just have to bum a go of the isonic, good luck with that lol.
