[Paddlewise] fiberglass paddle blade repair?

Today I chipped my paddle blade for the first time, and I'm wondering what
to do to repair and/or prevent further damage at that spot. The paddle is
a fiberglass Werner Camano. 

The damaged area is fairly small: about 7mm along the edge of the blade,
the top 0.6 mm or so is trying to separate from the paddle. Looking at the
face of the blade, the damage extends about 2 mm toward the center of the
blade. This is on the bottom of the left power face, about 25mm from the
edge of the reinforced area, on the reinforced area (fortunately!).

It looks like another good whack on this spot will pull this 2x7x0.6 bit
of glass off the paddle face, perhaps more material than that, making it
more likely that the blade will suffer more damage there later.

I'm guessing I have two basic options:
	- fill the crack where the chip has started to separate with some
sort of glue (is regular mix-your-own expoy OK?) to reinforce the paddle
and keep it intact
	- carefully cut the separating material off, just so nothing is
sticking up from the face, and then use some epoxy to reinforce the
paddle (a trim-and-spackle approach)

Any other hints or other suggestions? I'm not having much luck finding
advice in my books or on the Web, not even on the Mariner Kayaks page. ;-)

Afterwards, of course, I need to revisit the article in the latest club
newsletter on using "Helicopter tape" to reinforce the edges before I do
more damage.

Thanks,

-Peter
Washington, DC, USA

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