A Crack in Tess II #22's Shoe (Tuggers Vol.60)

 Tess II has a crack on the top of the skeg that I plan to fill with epoxy this weekend, then finish the bottom paint before launching. The damage seems to be just on the top and a little on the port side/ edge just forward of the big one in the center. You can see the edge area in the picture. I poured thin epoxy in there, let it run in and finished it off with thickened epoxy once it hardened. It didn't seem to seep in very much so I think it was just a surface issue.  From Bruce Griffiths, Tess II #22 in a May 2014 email

Ed McChain, Thistle #47, thought Tess II might have wrapped a cable, or a line with a metal fitting, and the slapping of its bitter ends ground the groove.  Makes sense as the groove is just below the prop.  If only the smaller scar, visible at the top of the closeup, was on the starboard side of the shoe--as would be expected with a right hand prop--Ed's diagnosis would be a slam dunk then.

Bruce said there weren't any other irregularities on the shoe and so he filled the crack first with a penetrating epoxy and then faired the area with a thickened epoxy.

Damage to Tess II #22 Shoe

Close up of Damage