I use a wick – yes it becomes pretty ugly after a while. For most of our boats, the toe rails are in two pieces – each around 15 feet long (on my 30 at least). There is a seam where they meet, but it is not at the lowest place on the deck. A piece of unused halyard or sheet laid in the low spot and then run through one of the holes in the rail will wick almost all the water out. Dennis’ webbing is more elegant.
After having part of my rail off the boat, I don’t see why you could not put a hole in the rail – above the flat part to let the excess water out. Gary Nylander - 30-1 From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of Shawn Wright via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2019 9:46 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Shawn Wright <shawngwri...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Toerail drainage - 35-2 Wow, that is interesting about the saw cut on the deck. I will have to inspect the photo I took; it sure looked amateurish to me. I would sooner cut a notch in the glass below the toe rail, then epoxy it smooth both inside and outside to allow water to drain under the rail. I've seen some boats where this is part of the deck/hull mold. The wick idea also sounds reasonable, except it will become a green slimy worm after a while if not cleaned... :) On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 2:36 PM Ken Heaton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: On my friend's C&C Mk.1 there is a joint in the Toe Rail extrusion as two different toe rails are used. The two different Toe Rails are identical except the forward section has twice as many of the holes in the side per foot to clip snatch block, etc. to. That joint isn't what you're seeing is it? It seems to me on my friend's Mk.1 there is that same saw cut that nicks the deck and the hull deck joint edge, almost like they cut the Toe Rail on the boat wile assembling it. Have another look. Ken H. On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 at 17:22, Shawn Wright via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: While inspecting a '74 35-2, I noticed something quite alarming: it appears that in an effort to allow drainage off the decks, someone decided to cut a small section of the toerail out, about 1/4" wide, using a hacksaw or recip. saw. I could see where the saw blade nicked the deck slightly below, and it also exposed the hull-deck joint edge. While this seems like a *really* bad idea, and quite a difficult hack to reverse (I think the toerails are continuous), it also got me wondering how others have solved this problem. In our wet climate, allowing water to pool promotes lots of nasty stuff, which I assume was the reason for this ugly hack job. I suppose one could hide it by attaching a short section of toe rail or similar material on top of the cut, while still allowing water to drain. -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com <mailto:shawngwri...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com <mailto:shawngwri...@gmail.com>
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