I just thought of another possibility for repair of these (older) rub rails, if you can either get ahold of a replacement piece, and cut the outer rubber off to match the section you want to replace, or a piece of vinyl or urethane that you can form to the correct shape, it is possible to glue.
I have had excellent results with an epoxy specifically made for urethanes and rubbers from Lord Corp. It is called 320/322 epoxy adhesive, and works even better than the epoxy adhesive I previously used from Acrotech. If you are lucky, you can sometimes (Like now) find it on EBay in small mixing tubes. Bill Coleman Entrada, Erie, PA From: Greg Alimenti [mailto:galime...@sjcity.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 11:00 AM To: Stus-List Subject: Stus-List Re: Rub rail repair test There is one more complication to removing the rubrail on older C&C’s. C&C riveted the rub rail to the inside flange of the hull probably to hold it in place before the deck was installed. I used a sawzall to cut the rubrail and rivets away after of course the bolts were out. Messy and slow but doable. I had to replace the entire rubrail due to damage and botched repairs of PO(s). Bought new rubrail from Southshore which has held up fine over 20 yrs. Greg Alimenti 29Mk1 St. Joseph, MI
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