rubbing strake for flanged hull/deck joint

[ghostlymoron]

My new boat has a flanged hull/deck joint covered by a plastic moulding. I would like to replace this with a wooden rubbing strake to make it more rigid and to look better. I thought of having a strip above and below the flange bolted through and a capping on the outer edge. Has anyone done this and what wood did you use?
Any info appreciated, thank you.

 

[30boat]

Westerlys have teak rubbing strakes.They're through bolted presumably with some kind of sealant and the nuts are laminated over inside.I replaced a 2 meter section on my Fulmar but used epoxy and rovings on the inside.I used teak because I have some.Iroko could be used but it has a tendency to splinter .Instead of using scarphs I made but joints reinforced with stainless steel rod in epoxy accross the join.That made bending the strake along the curved hull much easier.

 

[Tranona]

The reason why plastic (or rubber) mouldings are used on flanged joints is because it is difficult to do it neatly and economically with wood. Not easy to advise best way as it depends on how wide the flange is and whether there are any fastenings through the flange to consider. The strips above and below will be the most difficult as you will need to bend them to fit neatly and provide a landing for the fastenings for the cap. Think if I were doing it I would laminate 20*6mm strips above and below the flange and cap it with a 50mm D section teak moulding.

 

[ghostlymoron]

Hadn't thought of laminating but it's a good idea (and some info in pbo this month). My initial thoughts were to use the flange bolt holes for though bolting but there don't seem to be any! Many boats of this class (mirror offshore ) seem to have wooden gunnells so there must be a solution. Thanks for your advice.

 

[coopec]

I don't disagree with anything said above. I have thought about a rubbing strake but mine will be laminated, bolted to the hull, covered with a woven glass cloth, epoxied and painted. I will then attach a stainless steel strip capping (many boats in Australia are like that) As far as the type of timber is concerned I have already been advised by a very helpful guy at a specialty local and imported timber yard what to use. (I forget the name of the timber but it is relatively cheap local timber)

When I was about to put timber around the gunwale I got a price on teak and that was over $2000 for Burmese teak. I told my mate at the timber yard that I couldn't afford that and he explained there different types of "teak". Burmese Teak (the most expensive, and getting more expensive as the most accessible trees have already been chopped down). This type of teak also grows in India and also SE Asian Countries.
There are teak substitutes though that have a similar appearance and much less expensive. I used "New Guinea Teak" and that was about 1/3 the price of Burmese teak. Iroko ("African Teak") is also considered a good substitute. http://www.afttimbers.com/TEAKSUBSTITUTES.htm
There are other "teaks"as well including Brazilian Teak. https://www.google.com.au/#q=brazilian+teak