81 245 sd. My deck is seperating from the hull on port side under rubrail.

[Thad Keller]

Anyone else experience a problem with the upper deck separating from the hull behind the rubrail. I can visually see a sag in the rubrail line on the port side and can place my fingers under the rubrail. Got into some big water yesterday and damn near sunk the boat. bilge wouldn't keep up with the amount of water pouring in. Every wave we hit the water was pouring in like buckets, it was running down the steps to the cabin like a waterfall from behind the inner wall. Scary was an understatement as we had 9 souls onboard, 5 were children. Knew were safe after getting back closer to shore as the bilge pump and my wife were able to scoop and pump the water out, and not another drop came in but scary none the less. any fix or is the boat ruined? Had a marina mechanic tell me today its actually a common problem and quite fixable. Opinions?

 

[Steve S]

I can’t help with your issue.

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[Bt Doctur]

fixable if your handy and have a helper.
Remove the rub rail insert or remove the rub rail.Using some gas pipe, some 3/4 bolts or threaded rod and some nuts create a tool to push the inside of the hull to meet the topside and thru bolt about every foot