[Public-List] rub rail

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JB
If your hull is close to 380 you will find that the toe rail is screwed to
the deck not through bolted.  I am replacing mine with Mahogany right now
and will use the brute force and ignorance method to install.

John Boor
MAHSEER #380




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> While I'm at it, has anybody replaced toe rail on an old style boat? I
> parted a dock line a couple weeks ago which damaged the forward section of
> my toe rail on the starboard side and I want to replace this. I looked at:
>
> http://www.dasein668.com/projects/exterior/wood
>
> Where they apparently just bent it into place with brute force and held it
> htere with screws (I assume that mine would be through-bolted, since I am
> pretty sure the fasteners on the toe rail are the same as the deck
> fasteners). But they used mahogany and I would prefer to use teak which I
> think is stiffer and more difficult to bend. I also saw this one:
>
>