[craigtoo]

Hi Northbeach,

If your rail is really sandwich't between the hull and the deck, it sounds like a real PITA. Mine is sandwich't between my toerail and deck... It serves as a rubrail and it also provides a molding along the deck (towards the inside of the boat) between the toerail and the deck. In order to replace this, it would require removing all the througbolts that attach the toerail to the deck. No Easy Task.

My solution was to scrape the disgusting rubrail to reveal a nice clean white plastic below. That's completed, next - I plan on sanding this smooth and "polishing" (don't know exactly how to do that yet) rather than removing and replacing. We'll see if this works.

I know this didn't answer your question exactly, but perhaps gives you another alternative.

I'm sure others will have some great ideas... advice.. etc.
craig