The post-trip afterglow was considerably dampened when I went to retrieve my dinghy at the town float before heading back to my mooring. The fore starboard side rub rail had been absolutely pulverized to smithereens. I mean the wood was literally gone--just shredded to bits.
I brought it home to repair. Anybody tackle a project like this before? Any advice? I'm thinking I just splice a new piece of teak in there and attach with new fasteners. Should I also use some adhesive like Sikaflex? Which kind?
Any and all advice welcome--need to get this back in the water ASAP!
p.s. I think my mistake was tying the dinghy to the end of the town float--it swung around the corner to the short end where it looks like a couple bolts protrude. My best guess is it was bobbing up and down in that spot and whacking against one or both of those bolts for hours or possibly days. Last time I'll make that mistake.
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