rubrails

[weasel]

How do I attach rubrails on FL14?

[Lon]

1/4" or 3/8" strips of plywood of design width and thickness per plans laminated on with epoxy glue and clamped with "C", spring, or PVC pipe clamps.

[JohnP]

Home Depot has what I think they call a doorstop molding. I epoxeyed and clamped one on each side then another on top of the first. Nice rail, bends easily saves time ripping stock. I built the FL11 and canoe; used a single lamination on the canoe.

[Johnmon]

<!-- BBCode Quote Start --><TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font size=-1>Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE=-1><BLOCKQUOTE><BR>On 2003-03-24 09:36, JohnP wrote:<BR>Home Depot has what I think they call a doorstop molding.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE><!-- BBCode Quote End --><BR><BR>I think this a good example of being creative and flexible. You could probably do a number of different things with good results. <BR><BR>As a lip for the cockpit combing for my kayak, strips of hardwood laminated were suggested as a good looking solution, but for simplicity, I stitched a piece of rope in place and epoxied that on. It´s all a matter of what you want for a look and need for strength etc.

[agiannelia]

I used what is called an outside corner moulding for my rubrail. This way the side of the hull got stiffened substantially. Was a bit tricky clamping it on, but looks OK.<BR><BR>Can send pics off line if you want. My camera yields 300K *,jpg files too big for this site.<BR><BR>Alex

[SeanMTHarpooner]

I used lengths of 1 by 3" spruce, I think, or maybe cypress, I can´t remember, from Home Depot. I scarfed them to length. There wasn´t much curve to the FL14, so they bent ok with some encouragement. Also, about 15 clamps per side! I made the spaced inner, ones of the same thing, and also an innermost long solid gunn´l of the same thing. This gave my boat the appearance of having ribs, stiffened up the gunn´ls, and gave me a big block area to mount the oarlocks. Plus I can tie lines through the "holes" in the gunn´l. Also, they add extra longitudinal strength to the seat frames, which come all the way up.<BR><BR>The picture shows my rubrail with masking tape on it after painting.<BR><BR><!-- BBCode Start --><IMG SRC="http://personal.180com.net/mcgrew/index ... .jpg"><!-- BBCode End -->