Hi,
My 2001 Bav 47 cruiser has a partly rotten teak toe cap (image attached). One segment in portside is heavily splintered and the outside part does not hold screws and the steel rub-guard is loose at places. I'm a bit of a perfectionist and would like to do something about this situation. There are minor leaks through stanchions, but nothing that a handful of butyl tape could not fix. However I'm thinking of replacing the teak with aluminum profile. It would not look as classy and beautiful, but the aluminum cap would be way more functional. It would give me good tying points for the safety net (two smallish kids) and it would give tying points for my planned 360-degree cockpit canvas enclosure.
My question is - has anyone experience with this? Any issues? A good idea or a bad idea? A potential issue I see is galvanic corrosion between stainless stanchion bases and the aluminum toe rail. This can be mitigated with some rubber bushings, for example. I could replace the cap with teak, however it is more work and the end result is not as functional as the aluminum counterpart.
I've attached an example aluminum profile I found on the internet (attached below).
NB - the previous owner of the boat cleaned out the sikaflex joint between the deck plate and the hull and fiberglassed the joint shut (3 layers).
