[denaje]

Thanks for all the replies! here

[phoebebright]

#8 Post by tm530 » Sun Apr 24, 2011 8:00 am here

[MacRohard]

2015 Ranger RT175
Yamaha 70hp
Lake Wappapello, MO [links]

[fawn247]

#3 Post by JonCBrand » Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:55 pm

[becker]

Also, what would you cut this stuff with? here

[weddingshoesmaker2003]

Most rubrail is attached in 2 parts. The first part attaches to your boat. usually with screws or rivets, and holds the second part or the "bumper" material. The second part fits into or over the first part. more

[efu321]

I used a drill bit large enough to drill out the rivet head to the rail. leave a few carefully positioned rivets to remove last so that the rail does not just fall off the boat. I then used a razor knife to cut the adhesive seal between rub rail and hull, then carefully removed the last rivets and the rail.

[phoebebright]

Re: How to safely remove Rub Rail?

[MacRohard]

Start at the stern of the boat where the rubrail ends. There is usually a cap or cover to conceal the ends. more

[meirpolaris]

I mark the cover along the top rail and then cut along my marks with my hot knife tool. This picture shows the cover marked. To mark, I either use a soap stone or a piece of soap.
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[jorgeclam]

After you sew the length of the fabric you top stitch what you just sewed.
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[Netsniper]

I am using Marine Sunbrella which is the 9oz per yard weight. It is the standard Sunbrella that is used on boats.
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[Nagilum]

After I have the top piece trimmed(adding 1/2" seam allowance), I sew on the skirt that goes around the circumference of the boat. Because I have openings for the bimini top, I do the skirts in segments from bimini pole to bimini pole. I have 5 poles on each side so there are many sections. I personally hate having darts in my cover and that is why I prefer this method of having the seam along the edge of the rail. Som canvas makers make the cover wide enough to reach all the way to where the snaps go and put darts at the corners. There will obviously be places where you will need them going around some odd shaped places but I believe less darts the better and you get a cover with less wrinkles.

[harrifolfenced]

Next step is to sew the seams. Since Sunbrella is not side sensitive like some fabrics you can sew any side. With other fabrics that have a front and back side, you put the 2 front sides together before you sew this seam.
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[giik]

I got lazy here with my picture taking. This shows the skirt sewed on in the front. Seam is perfectly along the rail of the boat

[dKingston]

My comment would be to ask why store the boat off the trailer? The trailer is designed to carry the boat and evenly distribute the weight without damaging the tubes. Depending on the condition of the decking, and the weight and configuration of the furniture, and other factors, there are some unanswered questions about lifting the boat using the eyes. If you just use the eyes to lift the boat momentarily to get the trailer out from under it, I think it would be fine, I am certain that the eyes on my Crest would serve that purpose; but I would not want the boat to hang from them for any longer than absolutely necessary. here

[Limpan94]

I know we load our boats using the rope eyes but I am not real familiar with Crest, they are a very good boat but I would give them a call just to be sure.

[heather11duchon]

Re: Lifting eyes on pontoons

[gjenedavidsong]

If you were to tear a rope eye off all sorts of bad things could happen.

[bokab51]

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