A long time ago, I purchased a 6-foot long piece of replacement vinyl rubrail (I think from Southshore) and replaced a 2 foot long section near the bow of my boat.
Bob Bob Boyer s/v Rainy Days C&C Landfall 38 (Hull # 230) (Spending winters in the Bahamas, summers in Baltimore, and somewhere on the ICW in between) blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com email: dainyr...@icloud.com > On Nov 17, 2020, at 3:28 PM, Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Touché’s rub rail got gouged during Hurricane Sally. Asking my insurance to > repair it might have opened the for to totaling the boat. :( > > I’m trying a Hail Mary fix. > I put some white Flex Paste in/on the gouges. ($14 at Lowe’s.) After a few > days cure time, I’m wet sanding with progressively finer grit. > > Results are cosmetically acceptable but somewhat deficient from a strength > standpoint. I can fairly easily make indentations with my fingernail. > That’s understandable since it’s meant to be a seal, not a structural > component. > > I guess if it passes the 10 foot test and I never hit anything, it will > suffice. :) > > Dennis C. > Touché 35-1#83 > Mandeville, LA > > Sent from my iPhone > October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to > this list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to this list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
