alloy gunwale extrusion

[captain rednut]

hi all
Does anyone know where in brisbane supplies the anodised alluminium gunwale extrusion around the edge of most very old fibreglass boats??? haines hunter used it on there early classic designs. any help would be appreciated.
cheers jim

[Muddy Toes]

Hey Jim try Capral Aluminium.....i worked there years ago and remember seeing a few profiles like that, if not the exact ones they will have other profiles that will do the job.

[Greg001]

If they haven't got it try Ullrich Alumiun They might have it. They got me the gunnell rail for an early model Mc Clay a while back. Took 6 weeks to get here fron NZ

[CT]

Bias or one of those mobs had the corner capping in their last catalogue.

[captain rednut]

thanks for your replies guys.
cheers cr

[oldboot]

It all depends on exactly what extrusion you are looking for......there are complete suites of generic extrusion for all sorts of purposes.

BUT

As long as you want to run the minimum required ammount and have the die, getting a custom extrusion run is not hard.

A mate of mine gets extrusion run on a regular basis and last time I spoke to him about such things 100KG was the minimum which is not much extrusion.

SO

It would not be unreasonable to expect any volume producer to have their own proprietary extrusion.

cheers

[Greg P]

Jim

Try this website

http://tacomarine.com/cat--Aluminum-Rub-Rail--cat2_aluminum_rr.html

You can order through West Marine website if nothing local avail

[wirlybird]

How did you go finding the extrusion Captian rednut?