Rub rail ideas?

[Rudderman]

I really would like something akin to stainless steel rub rail, but there isn't a hope of getting it to bend properly around my hull. <br />Anyone got any bright ideas how I could finish off my sheerline nicely?<br />Its for a little 10 foot mahogany runabout I've built<br />Photos here >> http://www.sum-it.biz/squirt/website/ <br /><br />The sides, bottom and transom are gonna be painted with white toplac.

 

[kd6nem]

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I don't know about the rub rail, but you built a fine little boat! Very attractive. What motor did you use?

 

[Rudderman]

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Thanks for the comments. I am using a little 15hp Yamaha 4 stroke. Pushes it along nicely at 26 mph top speed.

 

[jsfinn]

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Man! Pretty boat!

 

[phatmanmike]

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what about aluminum rub rail... ive seen it at www.boatersworld.com . it looks great, all shiny and polished, worth a look

 

[phatmanmike]

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or these...<br /> http://www.go2marine.com/frameset.jsp?servletPath=/g2m/action/GoBPage/id/86425F/&df=3 <br /><br />click on the "see similar items" link

 

[petrolhead]

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Rudderman and I have been building the same boat, HERE is mine (finished last Sunday) with an aluminium rub rail.

 

[Twidget]

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You are a couple of talented guys. Both boats looke awesome.

 

[BoatBuoy]

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petrol,<br /> Boat looks great. You should be proud. I did notice however the cavitation plate is quite a few inches below bottom of boat. Is that a long shaft sitting on the transom?

 

[Terry H]

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Boatbuoy...me saw the same thang, and concludes that the camera angle and wide-angle distortion makes it look that way. If'n you look at the pic of just motor it's the proper length. <br />Those are 2 fine specimens, Rudderman and petrolhead. You guys can run with the big dogs...

 

[JasonJ]

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Those are some cool boats. Makes me want to build a wood boat..

 

[Ralph 123]

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VERY NICE GUYS! They are works of art!

 

[petrolhead]

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I did notice however the cavitation plate is quite a few inches below bottom of boat. Is that a long shaft sitting on the transom?

me saw the same thang, and concludes that the camera angle and wide-angle distortion makes it look that way.

Chief 101 is correct, it's mostly the camera angle creating that impression. I say "mostly" because the cavitation plate does in fact sit about 1" below the bottom, I may need to jack it up a bit.<br />I don't quite understand why this has happened, the boat is designed for a short shaft motor, which is what I have, I haven't changed the dimensions of the transom at all, yet the motor still sits a little too low!<br /><br />Anyway, thanx for the kind comments guys. Rudderman and I have been in almost daily contact on the Glen-L builders forum over the last few months while we built our boats. I'm obviously a fair bit ahead of him but he's catching up fast, and as you can see his workmanship is excellent.<br /><br />In fact he stole a march on me the other week by trying his unfinished boat on the water! Although mine is finished I'll have no means of launching it for at least another couple of weeks until I get my launching trolley built. Needless to say I can't wait!

 

[jasper2447]

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Can you star builders e-mail me with details of where you got the boat plans from ?? Also an estimate of your costs in doing it?? Pls e-mail me at john@foodhygiene.com

 

[BoatBuoy]

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Jasper,<br />Rather than email you, I'll post here for anyone else that's interested. Rudderman, please correct me if I'm wrong. The Squirt is a Glen-L marine plan, available at www.glenl.com. They have lots of boat plans. You might want to look at the TNT, which is the one I'm 90% finished with. I have about $350 in materials in mine, $1200 in beer, and $3000 in sweat-equity.

 

[petrolhead]

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Jasper, BoatBuoy is correct the Squirt is a Glen-L plan, they have loads of really good designs, and the best website, builders forum, and backup I've seen.<br />I can tell you my costs exactly because I've kept accurate records, including the outboard purchase and restoration my boat has cost me £1,694 (that's approx $3,100 for the yanks, the rest will have to work it out!).<br />If you fancy having a go at this there are plenty of us to help you out with advice, names and addresses of UK suppliers etc...

 

[gsbodine]

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I've got a white nylon rope inside the aluminum rub rail frame instead of the old white rubber that used to be there. I think it came out well.<br /><br /> http://psogos.com/boat/boat.jpg <br /><br />It's just the same diameter as the old rubrail, but gives just a little bit of texture to it. I think I have seen the same on some older wooden boats. Just a thought.<br /><br />Great boat, BTW. You too, petrol! Did you already decide on a rubrail, rudderman? I'd be curious to see what you chose.

 

[petrolhead]

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I think that rope idea is great, we did it on my father-in-laws boat last spring after I saw it somewhere else (actually it may have been here I saw it), and it does look really good. His was black rubber so naturally we replaced it with black rope, I found a good length end of roll at the local marina and it was really cheap.

 

[phatmanmike]

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how do you keep the rope on the rub rail... is it epoxied, is it glued, is it screwed...???<br /><br />my rubrail rubber is shot and i wanted to do that for some time now....

 

[gsbodine]

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no, not screwed. if the rope is properly sized, it just kind of pops into the framing (or you could just press the raling together a little I suppose to clamp it in) so that it only takes a rather small amount of marine adhesive (or probably many other things) to really hold it in. there are the stainless cap kind of things at the stern and under the bow light that cover the ends of the rope, and those are screwed down tight over more heavily epoxied line-ends. it's worked for a long time--no problems. <br /><br />i think screws would really mess up the finished product. at a distance, you don't even see that it's rope; you only notice it up fairly close. like i said, it's really more of a texture/detail thing than anything else.<br /><br />oh, and it would help to have somebody else help to hold it in place as you stretch and pull and push it since the whole job takes less time than the adhesive/epoxy to set up.