It came off fairly easy, the damage was caused by the rail being shoved into the upper dock face board. That contact cracked the bottom of the rail full length. That weakened the adhesive.
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It came off fairly easy, the damage was caused by the rail being shoved into the upper dock face board. That contact cracked the bottom of the rail full length. That weakened the adhesive.
What type of material are you making the replacement out of? If wood are you going to have to laminate the pieces?
If the balance of the wooden rail is not rotted, you can probably find a shop to either machine you a new rail, or a section to match what you have. If you replace the entire rail, with a wooden one, give it a few coats of epoxy before you paint it, and it will probably outlast all of us.
When we purchased our 45C, the bottom "rub rail" part had been ripped out of the starboard side. This was part of some hurricane damage the boat sustained and that part, including its stainless steel rail, were both lost.
We had a new rail made from a solid block of mahogany, formed following dimensions from the port side rub rail, which was still intact. This was a lengthy process, as the part has many curves and must meet the hull curvature as well. The stainless steel rail, we were able to cut out from a longer rail, recycled from boats that were destroyed during the Hurricane. We cut to our required length and bent it as needed.
Before installation, the wooden piece was sealed up I'm not sure with what.
The previous part had been held on with carriage bolts, from the inside of the hull, as mentioned before. Accessing these bolts would have been impossible for us so we used stainless steel self tapping screws, countersunk into the part. Used a liberal amount of 5200 on the screws and between the part and the hull. Paint was "easy", since we were already painting the whole boat.
Good luck,
JCG
So is all work beimg done from the outside or did you have to get behind furniture on the inside?
Walt Hoover
So far just outboard, let's see the trix going together that are needed.
How did you get dimensions for manufacturing the new rail?
How did the reinstallation go?
My rails are in bad shape and it is looking like someone filled it with bondo in the past so trying to learn from your experience.