Adding Support to Gunnels

[abl1111]

First - thx for the input - been tough finding info ANYWHERE online to tackle this.

I would want to not only capture the flat cap, but also the the (2) radius' on either side of the cap. So, if I used a sheet of plastic on top of the cap and along both sides ( to avoid gumming up the nonskid ) and layer it up as you described - once it kicked, that pc would not fit under the gunnel as it would be too wide. That's why I was thinking the female mold idea.

I do like the sandblast idea as the idea of hand-sanding that area under the gunnel made me want to puke ! My goal is to have glass and core on all the surface of under the gunnel to really tighten things up.

This has all stemmed from the fact that the hard top I recently put on attaches to vertical surfaces ( not horizontal - which I think is a better idea ) of the topside/gunnel and this topside/gunnel structure is not built for this - so the gunnel flexes.