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Hello everyone, I am happy to Report that kittiwake is out of the water on its trailer and awaiting to be whisked off on a flat bed to Idaho for its new owners who will eventually take it to Baja California! It was a great American loop boat, we took full advantage of the shallow draft and...

Hello Dr. Bob thank you for chiming in, I appreciate the support as I try to find kittiwake a good home. Of course it’s bitter sweet to be almost done With our year-long trip and to be parting with our floating home but boats need to be used and life in Philadelphia and work beckon. But not...

Hi Mitch I just forwarded you a copy of the 2019 marine survey report, I’ll try to call you tomorrow.

2000 C-dory 22 cruiser 2001 Honda BF90 with 1200hrs 2000 LoadRite trailer Kittiwake is presently on the Chesapeake bay finishing the Great American loop. We cross our wake in Philadelphia early to mid June. Kittiwake is a three owner boat. The previous two owners used it only in fresh water...

Aside from the trial and error of choosing the right length fasteners putting back the rubber was the part that took the longest.

There?s plenty of room between the rubber and the metal part for this pan head

It sure has that utilitarian -everything is simple and easy to access look - I love about these boats

The damage from the big caulk gob removal is a little visible on some of them but I can live with it.

I tried three different lengths and the one inch is spot on.

I used stainless steel fasteners and sail life life caulk 10-24@1 pan head bolts and nylocks with 5/16-1-1/2 washers (You?ll need an extra person to hold the screw driver on the outside)

Once I identified the ones that were defective and removed the gob on the inside it was just a matter of pushing out the body of the rivets from the outside to expose each hole

Hard to believe this is what holds the rubrail

13 of them looked compromised, again easy to spot from the missing or damaged rivet head on the outside of the railing

Had I been home I would have figure out a cleaner way of removing the gob so the washer would cover up the unsightly mess a little better

First step is to remove the rubber part from the closest end - in my case the bow

In my mind C-Dory?s choice to use pop rivets was not the best but the idea to cover them up on the inside not only with a gob of caulk sealant but to then spray the interior finish coat wit the speckle etc. on top of the gobs seems downright silly. At least the rubrail fasteners don?t do double...

Everywhere I found part of the pop rivet broken off or missing I knew I needed to replace it.

After over 100 locks, ungodly number of fuel docks and some fixed and floating docks at marinas of varying states of luxury and decay a few feet of the port side rub rail was no longer tight against the hull