a heat gun helps get it started

broken rivets

aft starboard side where the rail was coming loose

broken and corroded rivets, the rail holds water

aluminum off

aluminum off

looks like they had to drill extra holes or use extra rivets because some of them didn't grab?

port side

port rear

after filling the crack and all the holes with thickened epoxy I put the rail back up and redrilled only the holes that I was putting a bolt thru

I started drilling holes at the back of the boat and worked my way to the front. the back has the sharp bend, so I wanted to make sure that it fit good around the bend

I cut little squares from a roll of butyl tape to put where the fasteners go. I was originally going to roll the butyl tape but I felt this would work better. I dont want any water trapped in the rub rail, and I thought that this would allow it to drain. I also am not going to caulk the top or bottom of the rain after its all tightened up.

1-1/4 10-32 machine screws worked well for all but a few where the glass was thicker. I used the rubber sealing washer to isolate the ss from the alum. on the inside I used fender washer, lock washer, and nut

inside. I\'m not going to paint it or anything. seeing the fasteners doesn\'t bother me. I did use an acorn nut in a couple spots where I was worried about wires or cables rubbing on the end of the machine screw

extrusion bolted on

inside the vberth

Josie and Logan putting in the rubber strip