Claims
- 1. An elongated rail for installation on an exterior surface of a boat, said rail having a cross-section comprising a bottom base, two side surfaces and a truncated top base wherein said top base joins said side surfaces, said rail having an exterior skin of material selected from the group consisting of a polymeric sheet and a fabric material covering said bottom base, said side surfaces and said top base, and enclosing an interior made of a polymeric foam material, said sheet or fabric in contact with said bottom base for adhesively and structurally bonding said rail to a portion of the exterior surface and said sheet or fabric having ends extending into said interior from said bottom base.
- 2. The rail of claim 1 including at least one second flap secured to said woven fabric material at the intersection between a side surface and said bottom base, said second flap for adhesively and structurally bonding said rail to a portion of the exterior hull surface.
- 3. The rail of claim 2 including rod means for securing said end flaps within said polymeric foam material.
- 4. The rail of claim 3 having a nonflat bottom base shaped to conform to a nonflat portion of a boat hull exterior surface.
- 5. The rail of claim 2 having a nonflat bottom base shaped to conform to a nonflat portion of a boat hull exterior surface.
- 6. A system for controlling water spray from an outside boat hull surface in contact with water which comprises the elongated rail of claim 2 bonded at the bottom base of said rail to said hull at a hull position wherein water spray is directed away from said hull by said rail.
- 7. The system of claim 6 wherein said rail is bonded to a non-flat surface of said hull.
- 8. A system for a boom on a sailboat for reducing injury which comprises at least one elongated rail of claim 2 bonded at the bottom base of said at least one rail to said boom.
- 9. The rail of claim 1 including two second flaps secured to said woven fabric material at the intersection between a side surface and said bottom base, said second flap for adhesively and structurally bonding said rail to a portion of the exterior hull surface.
- 10. The rail of claim 9 including rod means for securing said end flaps within said polymeric foam material.
- 11. The rail of claim 10 having a nonflat bottom base shaped to conform to a nonflat portion of a boat hull exterior surface.
- 12. The rail of claim 9 having a nonflat bottom base shaped to conform to a nonflat portion of a boat hull exterior surface.
- 13. A system for controlling water spray from an outside boat hull surface in contact with water which comprises the elongated rail of claim 9 bonded at the bottom base of said rail to said hull at a hull position wherein water spray is directed away from said hull by said rail.
- 14. The system of claim 13 wherein said rail is bonded to a non-flat surface of said hull.
- 15. A system for a boom on a sailboat for reducing injury which comprises at least one elongated rail of claim 9 bonded at the bottom base of said at least one rail to said boom.
- 16. The rail of claim 1 having a nonflat bottom base shaped to conform to a nonflat portion of a boat hull exterior surface.
- 17. A system for a boom on a sailboat for reducing injury which comprises at least one elongated rail of claim 1 bonded at the bottom base of said at least one rail to said boom.
- 18. A system for controlling water spray from an outside boat hull surface in contact with water which comprises the elongated rail of claim 1 bonded at the bottom base of said rail to said hull at a hull position wherein water spray is directed away from said hull by said rail.
- 19. The system of claim 18 wherein said rail is bonded to a non-flat surface of said hull.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 855,354, filed Mar. 13, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,205,235.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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