Installing new rub rail

[Rick D]

Hello all.

Last year I damaged by rub rail and put some gouges in my hull. I fixed the hull... like it never happend... but I still need to replace the rub rail where it got shredded pretty good against a piling during a bad storm.

A couple of questions:

First has anyone every heard of/used Tessilmare Radial Flexible Rub Rail... a link to a YouTube install is below. I like the clean look of the finished product and that there are no means visible as to how it is held on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NChfcN3k5Ug

Plus the curves and bends in it are pretty wild.

2nd question, if I change the position of my rub rail on one end slightly, am I just asking for trouble when it comes time to resell?

Below to the left is my boat a cabrio 310 and to the right, a same model year cabrio 290. The 310 is the only model they came back straight on the rub rail. I have never liked the look and always like the curved look. What are people's thoughts on redoing the rub rail with the same curve the 290's, 270's (and all 310's after 2000) have vs. just keeping the same line it has now?

Thanks for any feedback.

 

[Ghost]

Your rub rail usually covers the hull deck joint, in which case you don't move it.

 

[BoatCrazy]

Exactly what Ghost said.

I just replaced my rubrail on my center console last year. Alan im sure will chime in here. Definitely work with him, he will set you in the right direction, and he certainly knows his rubrails! Great guy too!

 

[TJ7777]

I like it...but how much?