Re: gunnel

Charlie recounted: "I once had a rail come off in heavy chop. Looked like a fishing net dragging being the boat." The same happened on our Cal 29. The rub rail didn't come all the way off; I think I went up and lashed it to the pulpit to keep it from going under the hull. And this was on the original rub rail; we had taken it off for painting the topsides and then put it back on again. So it wasn't a question of it not being stretched enough. A few stainless sheet metal screws up from the bottom into the flange seems like cheap insurance to me. Alfred Poor 1973 Tartan 34C #288 "Jambalaya"