royalpiper
Member
- Jul 29, 2021
- 66
- Boat Info
- 1976 Silverton 28 FLYBRIDGE SOLD
1984 Sea Ray SRV 225 Cuddy Cruiser SOLD
2003 Sundancer 260 CURRENT
- Engines
- Mercruiser 5.0L MPI Bravo 3
I was reading another thread about replacing the rubrail and thought I would share what I did when my previous boat, a 1984 Sea Ray 225 Cuddy, needed to have the chewed up rubrail replaced.
After pricing out a new one, I couldn't justify going for over $1000 dollars due to the age of the boat. It ran like a top, was turnkey on startup and I had done a complete cabin redo and replacement of all of the electric wiring.
I dug out the old rubrail and replaced it with 1/2 inch blue PEX plastic pipe from Home Depot. It also comes in white and red. The cost was $30 for a hundred foot roll. It fit nicely into the existing channel and extended out just a bit which gave it a nice profile. It is flexible enough to follow the contour of the hull and I secured it every 12 inches with marine grade stainless screws and collars. Cost, about $10.
It took me about 2 hours to complete the job and was a nice spring project.
I got a lot of questions and compliments from some of the other boat owners at the marina and some replaced their beat up rubrails with the same stuff I used.
I realize this won't be everyone's cup of tea but if your boat is older and you may have other uses for over a thousand bucks then you might consider this as an option.
Good luck.
After pricing out a new one, I couldn't justify going for over $1000 dollars due to the age of the boat. It ran like a top, was turnkey on startup and I had done a complete cabin redo and replacement of all of the electric wiring.
I dug out the old rubrail and replaced it with 1/2 inch blue PEX plastic pipe from Home Depot. It also comes in white and red. The cost was $30 for a hundred foot roll. It fit nicely into the existing channel and extended out just a bit which gave it a nice profile. It is flexible enough to follow the contour of the hull and I secured it every 12 inches with marine grade stainless screws and collars. Cost, about $10.
It took me about 2 hours to complete the job and was a nice spring project.
I got a lot of questions and compliments from some of the other boat owners at the marina and some replaced their beat up rubrails with the same stuff I used.
I realize this won't be everyone's cup of tea but if your boat is older and you may have other uses for over a thousand bucks then you might consider this as an option.
Good luck.
