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011 11 More rivet shafts to be removed

012 12 The end cap was fairly corroded. A little elbow grease and sanding sponge brought it back pretty well

013 13 Lump of 5200 after I tapped them with a hammer and piece of 5/8" thin wall pipe. Made a pretty good plug

014 14 More 5200 lumps after tapping with hammer and piece of pipe. Starboard side of berth.

015 15 5200 lumps by Helm Station

006 6 End caps laying in aluminum rail track...I am not sure where the rust came from

007 7 More rivet washers in the aluminum rail

008 8 The rivets toward the bow seemed to hold up better because water in the rail tended to move aft

009 9 After drilling out the remaining rivet washers, I pulled the rail free and you can see the rivet shaft and the fiberglass fluff in the joint. I sanded this fluff off after all rivet shafts were removed

010 10 The gap between the top and bottom halves of the boat was consistently about 1/8"

001 1 Starboard side separation looking forward

002 2 Starboard side looking aft

003 3 Starboard side by cleat

004 4 Starboard side bow...rubber insert has slipped back from end cap

005 5 When the rubber insert was pulled, it had rivet washer caps laying in it

Dr. Bob, You are entirely correct! I should have been more mindfull of the subject of the thread and those interested in the information being shared. In my defense, I hadn't seen a post from captd in awhile and I got carried away. I will try and keep my non-thread communications to personal...

captd, Great to hear you will be down our way. We will be launching on Lake Harney on Sat. 27 Dec. and heading north up to or near Jax. We have to return back to Harney on Sat. 3, Jan. We too want to hit all the springs this year. We also want to take the canal to the Rodman Dam and make it...

captd, Are you going to make it to FL again this year? Toby and I are going to make another New Year's run on the St. John's River. Will launch again probably on Lake Harney and make our way up to Jax. We still have some rivers that we have not explored fully and we love the SJ at that time...

Joe, I thought about the acorn nuts, but with only a 1" bolt, there was not much more than an 1/8" of the bolt showing through the nyloc nut. Not really enough, but probably enough to snag flesh or fabric, especially in the berth area. Most all of the others are not easily brushed up against...

Since we purchase the Comfy Dory over a year ago, I had begun to notice the rub rail separating from the boat hull in several places. The boat is a 1995 so, it has has many years of usage and probably run-ins with docks and pilings. Admittedly, some of those bumps were done by me. I decided...