| If you have two people and you just follow the instructions, the first set of rub rails go on very easily. Our shop was a little crowded, so by tipping the boat on its side we were able to bend them nicely into place, clamping as we went. You can see that we have about every kind of clamp available. The ones made out of plastic sewer pipe work very nicely between the stronger clamps. |
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| The left rail now has the majority of the clamps. The pieces of wood lying in the bottom of the boat are strips of 3/8 in. plywood that we used under the clamps to keep from crushing the plywood. |
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| The outer rail is screwed in place. We used the clamps to hold the alignment. If the two strips are not perfectly the same width, try to make the bottom of the rails flush. It is a lot easier to sand the top than it is to sand the bottom. Clean the bottom as well as you can, even wipe it with denatured alcohol. You can save yourself a lot of tedious labor if you pay attention now. You need to fuss with the rub rails to get them to meet nicely at the bow. We know that the second boat is always a little better than the first. |
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| As you can see, this is where you want to put the belt sander, not on the bottom. |
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