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pearl
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Initially Posted - 11/04/2001 :  17:24:45  Show Profile
Hi, Just bought my Cat.25 two weeks ago, have been sailing with v. experienced crew since. I'm a relative novice myself. Today we took her out and due to a mixed bag of circumstances and freak weather, we ended up bouncing off of a corrugated breakwall
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 11/05/2001 :  07:58:44  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Pearl,

Due to some leakage this past year we pulled off our rubrail and the track and rebedded every screw in the think. We then attempted to re-install the old rubrail (original). The one thing I learned, pay the 70 bucks and just buy a new one. Th
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John Bixby
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Response Posted - 11/05/2001 :  11:36:41  Show Profile
Duane,
Have suspected the same is true of my C25. Did you replace just the vinyl or did you replace the metal or reuse it. If you reused it did you just fill the screw holes and replace the screws or take the entire metal off and reinstall it.
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Response Posted - 11/05/2001 :  12:25:12  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
John,

We pulled the rubber/plastic/whatever that stuff was off and took out every screw. There was one every inch or two. After thoroughly cleaning the area, we tried to see if there was any rot in the screw holes, we were lucky that there wasn't. A
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n5lfy
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Response Posted - 11/06/2001 :  18:33:30  Show Profile  Visit n5lfy's Homepage
I found out last week that you can check-in the 8-foot aluminum rubrail strips as checked baggage on both America West and American Airlines. I happened to be in Sacramento, California on business and needed two 8-foot strips for repairs on my 1980 Cat25.
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John Bixby
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Response Posted - 11/12/2001 :  14:17:28  Show Profile
Thanks Duane
Sounds like a fun job. I remember reading where the Vinyl rub rail goes in a lot easier when heated with a blowdryer. An old thread.
Will follow your advise and be prepared to cuss a lot.
John
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