[alberg30] Rub Rail

[jpgrathwol at aol.com]

I recently removed, polished and reinstalled my stainless steel rub rail and 
stern rub rails.  I wondered if anyone new of a spray on treatment for the 
aluminum piece on the transom.  It seems that this piece is less resistant to 
corrosion than the stainless steel and also may be harder to replace.  Can 
the corrosion be stopped?  Are there coating which weather well, look good 
and don't create a problem worse than the normal weathering?

I also ran into several problems with the rub rail reinstallation: a.) broken 
off screws within the hull deck joint and b.) threaded screw holes.  I 
unfortunately didn't understand the scope of these problems until I was 
trying to screw back on a rail section loaded with goop.  Has experience does 
anyone have with these issues?

Finally, last week my wife and I finally got "Dovekie" #88 in the water and 
took her on our first two day sails.  My renovations took far longer than I 
expected (a.) sanded, repainted the interior, b.) refinished interior 
cabinetry, replaced interior hinges, fittings, c.) stripped and refinished 
all brightwork with Cetol, d.) stripped, sanded, epoxy filled, sanded and 
paid yard for an Imron spray job, e.) even installed new teak eyebrows and 
the outboard baseboards to the cockpit coamings).  I am glad to say I am no 
longer a boatyard worker but a sailor.  Last weekend our part of Long Island 
Sound saw breeze in the 15-20 knot range and our beautiful boat took the 
breeze like a champ.  Even without mainsail reefs (I haven't the reinstalled 
my reefing hooks yet) and with a jury rigged downhaul of a webbing sail tie 
(who knows were my downhaul went?) we had a grand sail with a partially 
reefed #1 and full main.  I was thrilled to find that everything I'd 
read/heard about the A-30's sailing qualities were true.  We even made it 
back to our berth without dinging the new topside paint job.  In all a 
wonderful and historic weekend for us and our boat. 

John Grathwol
Dovekie, #88

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