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Rub-rails or not to Rub-rail
By:Bob Hysen
Date: 3/8/1999, 3:12 pm

Just curious if most people put rub-rails on their kayaks. It just seems strange after all that work of making your wood boat look perfect you go and cover up the wood with a black strip. Is it really needed and how does it look? Will I really nick up the edge of my boat?

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Rub-rails or not to Rub-rail
Bob Hysen -- 3/8/1999, 3:12 pm
Re: Rub-rails or not to Rub-rail
Paul Jacobson -- 3/8/1999, 7:16 pm
Re: Rub-rails or not to Rub-rail
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/8/1999, 3:23 pm