The particulars of the stuff are:
Taco vinyl rub rail from West Marine ..Flexible Vinyl
Rub Rail, Molding Style 2, Model 407205 .
The stuff takes an insert that can be separately purchased. Harry,
however, said he installed some half-inch line (with some difficulty)
that made the whole thing look quite shippy. I elected to fill it
with 7/16-inch line so that the line could go in and come out easily.
I did this because it occurred to me that there was a potential
function to this arrangement, specifically, permitting an anchor, set
from the stern, to be shifted to the bow, say, to deal with heavy
seas.
So I passed the rubrail line from the stbd rubrail, around the bow,
up through the prt. anchor line chock, clove-hitched it to the prt.
pulpit stanchion, clove-hitched it again, this time to the stbd
pulpit stanchion, passed it down through the stbd anchor line chock,
back across the box (forming, with the first run of the line, a
pretty little X) and then back through the prt. rubrail. I am of the
opinion that I'll be able to bend either of the stern ends of this
line to a stern-set anchor line, and release it. I picture the
rubrail line unzipping neatly from the rubrail as it shifts the
anchor line to the bow. If I remember to loop a recovery line over
it, then I'll be able to recover from the stern as well. Anyway
that's the theory. I've yet to test it.
Rich Duffy
P-14 #362
Kula, HI
> Greetings,
>
> I'm considering purchasing a 1977 P-15 and trailer with a 2 hp Honda
> 4-cycle. The package seems to be in pretty good shape for being outside
> under a tarp for 2 years. However, the rub rail (the rubber piece that
> covers the seam between the deck and the hull, right?) is literally
> falling off. How much would a new one run? What would it take to install
> one?
>
> About the boat in general, what questions should I ask? What should I look
> for? Is the price in the right ballpark? Too high?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> v/r
>
> Wally Patterson
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