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I f'd up (and would love advice). Fractured blank.

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Basically, I put the fin boxes in, let it sit, then went back to check later and accidently had my big, long level fall on the blank. It fractured it, as seen below, plus dented the deck but it's actually not that bad. That I can fix. The fracture is what concerns me. It seems to have run right along the fin box. I don't think it's fully split near the box, only at the very end of the tail

In the photo I'm flexing the foam to show the crack. This is a stringerless 2lb eps blank. The lam is scheduled to be 6e+4s and vector net top, and 6oz e cloth bottom with a unidirectional carbon strip nose to tail. This area should be covered by the carbon on the bottom.  What are my options to save this board? Glue it together with resin slurry? Extra glass patch on the tail? Is this even going to be a big deal once it's glassed? The board thins out quite a bit towards the tail in an hpsb for a 120lb person fashion, if you you know what I mean. This is supposed to be a shortboard for good waves, so I don't want it to snap in half on me. Thanks for any advice.


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