by Malcolm Sadler » Sun Jul 19, 2020 3:31 pm
I hope it’s OK to revive this string to ask a question about rubbing strakes.
Rondo (sail 123) is a 2014 HM built boat. One of the first things I did in my first day sailing her was to grind the port side rubbing strake against a protruding angle of a dock in the Norfolk Broads. A fairly cheap lesson on the differences between my only other sailing experience (a Mirror dinghy) and a Cape Cutter as I only bruised/gouged the strake over a 4” length and pushed the after half of the strake down by about 0.5mm, slightly breaking the Sikaflex seal on the underside.
No leaks from the seal (perhaps I don’t sail hard enough to get the gunwhales in the water sufficiently often) but four seasons later I really ought to fix the gouge.
I will scarf in a new piece of wood with West System. I have some teak (from an old garden table) and some mahogany. Does anybody know what wood Honnor Marine used for the strakes in 2014 please ?
I hope to do this without removing the strake. I will then rub down and finish, with woodskin on the recommendations I see in this string
All the best
Malcolm