Not sure the name of this? How to fix?

[nusox]

I am by far a rookie when it comes to boats so i'll just tell ya how it looks.

I have a 15' 1956 aluminum lonestar and i bumbed the side of it into a piece of metal sticking out of the boat dock the other day. It didn't hurt the hull but there is a stripping down the side of it at about the water line(on both sides and it's hollow) I do not know what this is called or how to fix it. Also how important is this to the boat?

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Not sure the name of this? How to fix?

i'm some what familiar with the lone stars. pics would help a lot.
you can up load to a free service like photobucket.com then you choose the pictures you want( clik the little box at the bottom left of the picture) scrool to the bottom of the page, clik generate html, it will take you to the next page, scroll down to thumb nails clik on that and copy, then insert it into your post.

also if you are planing on posting pictures, you can use the Blue post reply or the go advanced, manage attachments, there you can upload , directly from your computer. besure you pictures have been resized to fit the format.

 

[nusox]

Re: Not sure the name of this? How to fix?

here it is

 

[CATransplant]

Re: Not sure the name of this? How to fix?

Splash rail or rub rail. How to fix? Well, you don't want water running in there, but you haven't lost much strength with that small hole.

Proper way would be to have a patch welded in, but that'd be expensive. I never recommend JB Weld, but that's what I'd do, making sure you get it inside the rail on both sides of the hole.

It won't match the color of the aluminum, but...hey...what the heck.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Not sure the name of this? How to fix?

no getting picture.