A design modification that I discussed with the designer are these rubbing strakes. Rather than painting a stripe along the upper chine, I chose to add a stripe of timber along the hulls. This provides a level of protection when coming along side a wharf.

This series of photos shows how we added these strakes after the hulls had been faired, but before painting. We sanded the strip of hull back to the glass cloth, and then glued the timber on with epoxy. It was secured from the inside with long screws coming all the way through the chine stringer and the hull plywood. Once glued, the edges were coved and painted, with the outside edge sanded and varnished.

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