UGH! So I went out this morning to take my two year old daughter on a quick little boat ride on Lake Austin (I think she loves the BCPC more than me!). I unloaded the boat, tied it to the dock at Walsh with TWO bouys (one on the front cleat and one on the driver's side rail) and went to park the trailer. I was on my way back down to the boat ramp and I saw it coming. Wake boat kicking up a MONSTER wake right, and I mean RIGHT outside the no wake bouys for the launch area. About a four foot wave comes in, sucks the water out and the back of my boat gets caught under the dock. Fortunately, no fiberglass damage. However, due to my incredible luck the way the rub rail hit the dock when the peak of the wave came in, it looks like my rub rail took a direct shot from straight overhead and like 4-5 rivets right before the back corner were loosened or sheared off (3 were definitely sheared) and now my rub rail is loose and has a small amount of separation from the hull. I posted this on the BassCat board, but does anyone have any experience getting just some replacement rivets and fixing this problem? The rub rail looks fine otherwise. I am not too handy but it looks like all I have to do is unscrew the rail end cap by the motor, pull away the rub rail, reinsert some new rivets, pop the rub rail back on and then reattach the end cap.


Is that about it? Do I need to take this in to an expert to fix???


I know this isn't THAT big a deal, but as you can see from the pictures, I keep my stuff shiny and in top condition and this will bug the cra@p out of me.... and in the event I need to fix it to prevent other damage, well then I'd rather get it done ASAP.





Tight lines and thanks for the help,

Andrew

On a side note, I did get in my boat, motor on over to the wake boat, and seeing as how I had a 2 year old with me, we had a civil discussion about ethics and where to run your boat like that, and which ended with him and his wife telling me they were sorry but they were in a "ski lane" and that I could basically go jump in the lake. Fortunately, the Police was not too far away and while he did agree with their assessment regarding liability he did take the time to educate them on boating ethics and reminded them that there was a whole lot of lake and they don't need to be skiing right by the ramp....RANT OVER. I was pissed and am ashamed to say my daughter learned some new words when I saw that rub rail.....