Finishing the Gunwale Guard

Last week odd free time was spent screwing the remaining gunwale guard to the remaining oak rail. Yesterday, the pieces were installed on the stern transom. So we spent today installing the leather corners on the stern. The pieces for the stern corners were more square than trapezoidal because the corner was closer to 90 degrees and that shape seemed to work better. Next we began figuring out how to install covers on the end pieces. After deciding what shape would work best, we cut out two of them. Below, John screws the outside part of the piece onto the boat.

This is what the finished stern gunwale guard looked like. The whole finished project looks very yachty and we like it.