Rub Rail Help

[rmoran99]

I have a 1990 Procraft Family Fisher that has rub rail damage. A recent docking incident pulled the rub rails out of the hull on one side of the boat. The boat is not leaking and I can shove the stripped screws back in the hull. Is there anyway of gluing the rub rail back? It's only been damaged in a couple of places so screwing it back in doesn't make sense because I would have to remove a lot of the undamaged rub rail. Any ideas appreciated.

 

[alldodge]

Could use some straight in shots or tell us how the screws are hidden. From the pic below you should be able to put a 2x2 strip of treated wood behind it and put the screws back in. That is if you can get to the inside. What is behind where the screws pulled out

 

[rmoran99]

I haven't checked what's behind. That's as far as the rub rail pulls out. The rope is still inside the rub rail so I don't want to really depends on the screws. I would have to pull the rope out to tighten the screws. The rope is in place with no problem. If gluing is possible, that's the easiest fix in my opinion.