Crack on the edge of my BBSB

Anthony A

Anthony A

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Hello All,

I've seen some great advice given on this site to folks with all sorts of problems. Here is mine, hoping someone can help walk me through what to do, as I'm not exactly the handiest guy around - I did manage to build a Kara, but that was a project which was, perhaps, too long in the taking... anyways.

As last year was my first year with the Estuary, I was not aware what the odd bump and scrape against a boat dock could do! I appear to have a nice sized "splinter" sticking out, perhaps 4-5 inches long, and about an inch and a half wide, sticking about a quarter of an inch (see attached pics).

Any advice on how to fix this? My immediate thought was to cut/carve it out with a knife or a chisel, then fill-in the hole with some sort of filler - am I on the right track?

Thank you in advance for your help

Sincerely

Anthony

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I would contact Dave about it. The rub rail is a solid piece of mahogany that runs from front to back. The nose piece of rub rail is laminated strips. You may be able to scarf a piece in. There are screws that are about every 12 inches from the outside into the hull and the rub rail has 3m 5200 behind it.
 
It's tough to tell, if the piece is still attached or not. Iif it is leave it attached and smear some epoxy thickened with sawdust behind it and clamp it back in place till it dries. If it's not take it out and then put the epoxy behind it. I would try and put a screw in it if I could, Pre-drilled of course. You could let it dry, then fill the rest of the voids with thicked epoxy, then sand and paint it. Chris
 
I was thinking the same as what Chris said. use thickeden epoxy behind it and clamp it. A ratchet strap would do the clamp. then fill as said sand and paint. I would call Dave aswell can't hurt to get his input
 
I found the foaming waterproof Garilla Glue works great for repairs like that. The foaming action will fill it in better. The trick is though with Garilla glue, the wood needs to be damp when you glue it.

If your beating into docks a lot you may want to consider putting a removeable rub-rail on or a piece of half round aluminum. I have aluminum on my keel to help protect it when running it up on banks and gravel bars.
 
Gentlemen,

Thank you very much for the advice! I'll try to get in touch with Dave. It's good to know what other options are available - I believe in casting a wide net, then narrowing it down based on expert and inventive opinions :)

Let you know what happens

Sincerely

Anthony
 
After you get it fixed make sure you use plenty of bumpers!..we too learned the hard way and my son had to reglass the edge of our Fricke bbsb but its good now.Especially if you keep it tied at a marina like we do any hard wind or storm will rip up those feather edges and that makes an entry point for water and moisture..If I had to do it over again (it was custom built) I would have paid extra to have a heavy duty rubber rub rail put on.Not knocking Rob Fricke at all... his boats are awesome and we love the classic lines but we dont trailer to the ramp..(doesnt open early enough to make shooting time) so we have to keep it tied at the dock and that rub rail could save alot of aggravation down the road.
 
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