repairing a Nautilus 8
 

I am repairing my old Nautilus 8 sailing dinghy befor giving it to the
Cancer Society to be auctioned off at a regatta. Around the edges, it
had a vinyl rubrail that covered an unfinished edge. This edge is
about 1/16-1/8" thick and turns outward. The old rubrail has
disintegrated and similar rubrails from West Marine are absurdly
expensive. I am thinking of taking a white garden hose, slitting it
lengthwise and attaching it by spiral wrapping 3/16 nylon cord through
holes drilled every 3". Any other ideas?

Nylon will probably suffer from UV and abrasion. Polypropylene, Cotton or
Manila might be a more suitable wrap.

Roger

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I am repairing my old Nautilus 8 sailing dinghy befor giving it to the
Cancer Society to be auctioned off at a regatta. Around the edges, it
had a vinyl rubrail that covered an unfinished edge. This edge is
about 1/16-1/8" thick and turns outward. The old rubrail has
disintegrated and similar rubrails from West Marine are absurdly
expensive. I am thinking of taking a white garden hose, slitting it
lengthwise and attaching it by spiral wrapping 3/16 nylon cord through
holes drilled every 3". Any other ideas?

Any other ideas?

insulated (white plastic coated) copper wire?

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William R. Watt ) writes:
Any other ideas?

insulated (white plastic coated) copper wire?

if you were in Ottawa you could come over and pick up a free coffee can
full of pop rivets. :)




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William Watt:

Thanks for the offer. I might take you up on it when its 100 degrees
here with 98% humidity in August.

However, I have decided to use vinyl clothesline material for the wrap.
Am not sure if the garden hose will work but it is cheap. I already
tried using that foamish pipe insulation that comes in 6' lengths and
has a lengthwise slit. It was not abrasion resistant at all.

By all means use the foam pipe insulation but cover it with firehose
that has been slit lengtwise. The firehose can be had for free where
they do hydrostatic testing of the hoses. Failed hose is of no use to
them but great for this purpose.

This is exactly how I did my dinghy, I put used pop rivets every 6
inches (with washers on what would be the small end). So far, it has
held up great for 4 years.

Matt
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William Watt:

Thanks for the offer. I might take you up on it when its 100 degrees
here with 98% humidity in August.

However, I have decided to use vinyl clothesline material for the
wrap.
Am not sure if the garden hose will work but it is cheap. I already
tried using that foamish pipe insulation that comes in 6' lengths and
has a lengthwise slit. It was not abrasion resistant at all.

The firehose covering is a good idea. However, I have no idea where to
get it.
I'll let you know how the split garden hose works.

What city are you located?

You could stop by the local firestation if they can tell you who does
the hydrostatic testing of their hoses.

matt