[Rhodes22-list] New Joint of Deck and Hull

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Personally, I think this is way overkill.  You'll add a lot of weight to
the boat pretty high up above the water line and it has to affect the
sailing characteristics.  I doubt you would find any manufacturer of boats
today that joins the deck and hull like this so don't understand why you
feel it is necessary.  It is a very permanent solution, so think long and
hard if you really want to make this modification.

Hank
On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 6:00 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> I have had a lot of great advise from everyone on the Deck and Hull
> repair.  But, still have one question/problem.
>
> Rhodes 22 have a Shoe Box joint and have aluminum pop rivets to hold the
> joint together, plus some old style glue.  I am following the lead from
> Rummy and will Fiberglass the joint and use stainless steel bolts with
> locking nuts. Here is my outline of the repair.
>
>  On one side of boat at a time:
> 1. Remove rivets one at a time and in every third hole insert a temporary
> bolt and nut to hold joint together. .
> 2. Remove all rub rail, aluminum and rubber.
> 3. Sand the area where rub rail was, careful with temporary bolts.
> 4. Insert permanent bolts with washers and locking nuts, use 5200 to seal
> bolts.
> 5. Tighten nuts from inside of boat. ( some may be hard to reach)
> 6. Fiberglass the area , making sure to cover the bottom lip of the joint
> and also cover the bolts.
>  6b. Maybe gelcoat some area.
> 7. Replace aluminum rub rail and use Fiberglass PEANUT BUTTER to attach
> aluminum part to boat.  ???
> 8. Insert rubber
> 9. Touch up.
>
>  The reason I want to use Fiberglass to set the rub rail is because
> setting the rub rail with bolts will require more holes to be drilled.  My
> boat leaks from the holes where the aluminum pop rivets have CORRODED.  I
> am not in favor of drilling more holes into a boat.  I know that everyone
> says that it took 30 years for the leaks to occur but why do the same
> mistake again?
>
> My question is : Will the rub rail hold using Fiberglass??  Other Comments?
>
> Thanks,
> Chuy
>
> My personal email is chcarreon at cox.net if you would rather reply just to
> me.
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