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The teak toe and rub rails came off during the deck raising process. They were in very poor condition although clearly replaced along the starboard bow after what seems to have been an accident (poorly repaired). |
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old patching materiel was dug out and repaired with epoxy and chopped
glass. The entire hull/deck joint was inspected and touched up as
needed once the jacking process was complete.
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teak for new toe/rub rails came from Carlton
McLendon in Atlanta. Richard was very helpful and had the pieces
ripped to 1" strips when I arrived.
After much consideration, I got a local custom millwork shop to make the rails to my specs. The shaper I had available to use was just not up to the task. The rubrails use the original profile. My toerails are 1/8" wider than the pieces I removed. The existing toe rails had been pieces several times and were clearly not the original width any longer. I am pleased with them so far and hope that the added expense will be worth it. A simple jig was built to cut the scarf joints based on a picture I saw online. It worked remarkably well and made short order of the task. A power plane was used to remove the bulk of the material. I switched to my new Birthday finish sander to match the jig's profile. I was dreading cutting the joints but all 8 cuts were made in less than an hour. |
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I was particularly happy with the new taff rail. The original pieces were very damaged, but the provided a usable template. The scarf joint was done with a palm sander and hand sanding. |
I regret following advice I got to install the toe/rub rails before painting the deck. It would have been a lot easier to have installed the rails on painted decks. |
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