[Amel Yacht Owners] Rub Rail
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Hi Duane, Attached is the drawing showing the cross section of the rub rail for our SM #240. Yours is may be similar. Should be of significant help in understanding the details. The rub rail is fiberglass integral with the hull, the rubber strip is simply a gutter and provides a closure. We have pulled it out and pushed it back in while repairing the fiberglass rubrail, not an easy job, but doable even on a 15 year old boat.
Mike Ondra S/V Aletes SM#240 Miami, FL
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Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 10:46 AM To: amelyachtowners@... Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] Rub Rail
The rub rail suffered damage due to being struck by another boat while at anchor. I've read about how this is a rubber strip applied to the hull. On my boat (2005 Amel Super Maramu) it appears to be fiberglass. Am I mistaken? I can't feel any seam below the rub rail, it feels like and appears to be composite with the hull. The gutter is a separate piece that sets on top of the rub rail and there is a seam there.
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Duane Siegfri
Hi Mike,
That drawing is interesting. It appears not to distinguish between the hull below the rubrail, and the rubrail. But the rubrail isn't fiberglass, at least I think it's not based on the gouges I see. It does look like thermoplastic though. The sketch does not infer a joint at the bottom of the rubrail, and my finger doesn't find a joint there either. I wonder if they put the rubrail in the mold and fiberglassed to it? Or is it just part of the hull??? Duane Wanderer, SM #477 The penultimate SM.
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Duane, I cannot speak to your hull rubrail details, only our SM#240. They may have changed, which is why it is so important to always include hull #’s in these postings. As you saw in the drawing, the rub rail proper is a continuation of the hull turning out, then up, and then turned back towards the boat. It is the same stuff as the hull, fiberglass, the sketch even showing the special mold that is used when laying it up. There is no joint between the rub rail protrusion and the hull . It appears that after attaching the deck/cabin house to the hull, they are glassed together on the inside to form a structural monocoque hull. The rubber gutter insert simply closes the exposed gap between the 2 parts. We have had our rubrail repaired by a fiberglass shop. Hope that helps. Mike ALETES SM#240
From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 6:53 PM To: amelyachtowners@... Subject: RE: [Amel Yacht Owners] Rub Rail
Hi Mike,
That drawing is interesting. It appears not to distinguish between the hull below the rubrail, and the rubrail. But the rubrail isn't fiberglass, at least I think it's not based on the gouges I see. It does look like thermoplastic though. The sketch does not infer a joint at the bottom of the rubrail, and my finger doesn't find a joint there either. I wonder if they put the rubrail in the mold and fiberglassed to it? Or is it just part of the hull???
Duane Wanderer, SM #477 The penultimate SM.
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Duane Siegfri
Thanks Mike.
Duane Wanderer SM477
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