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Re: Sheer strip
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 8/29/1998, 11:59 am
In Response To: Re: Sheer strip (David Robins)

Can you put it inside? (sheer clamp?) I've heard that a sheer strip (rub strip) protects your boat from dings, and reduces the amount of water that splashes up onto the deck, and that it can be convenient to grasp onto at times.

> The strip would go at the hull sheerline from almost the stern to the bow.
> I feel that this strip will aid in joining the deck to the hull. I would
> like all opinions on this.

> cheers eh! David

Messages In This Thread

Sheer strip
David Robins -- 8/27/1998, 5:24 pm
Re: Sheer strip
Mike Scarborough -- 8/30/1998, 8:37 am
Re: Sheer strip
Mike Scarborough -- 8/28/1998, 8:52 am
Re: Sheer strip
David Robins -- 8/28/1998, 7:28 pm
Re: Sheer strip
Mark Kanzler -- 8/29/1998, 11:59 am