On Saturday 16-April my brother removed all the old bolts that held the old rubrail in place and washed the area that was under the old rubrail. Simple Green, water and a soft scrub brush.
All clean under where the old rubrail was
On Sunday 17-April we filled in all the bolt holes with 3M 5200 and put a bead of the 5200 between the hull and deck joint all around the boat.
Old bolt holes all filled in
We also dry fit the new rub rail to see how it would look. It will look marvelous!
Dry fitting the new rubrail
Looking good
We also installed the new masthead with the new Garmin GWS wind system. The GWS includes wind direction, wind speed, outside temperature and barometric pressure. The new masthead also supports the VHF antenna, a AM/FM antenna, the Windex and anchor light.
Installing the new masthead
In addition to the GWS wind system, our Gamin N2K system also includes a GMI multi-function display, GPSMAP 421 chartplotter and we plan to add a Garmin Intelliducer for depth. We plan to flush mount the GMI and mount the chartplotter on a swing-arm. I had an aluminum swing-arm that came as an accessory with a small flat screen TV that fits the chartplotter perfectly. We mounted the swing arm as well.
Swing-arm for the chartplotter folds up out of the way when not in use.