# Skerry rail crack
**URL:** https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-rail-crack/44186
**Category:** Builder's Forum
**Created:** [May 29, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-rail-crack/44186 "2016-05-29T20:34:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Erik\_Ettner](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Erik_Ettner)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-rail-crack/44186/1 "2016-05-29T20:34:23Z")
While I added the inner rails everything glued and fastened just fine. After about 30 mins the rail on the starboard side 26" from the end cracked. I heard the pop and quickly coated the area with epoxy and added another clamp. My question is, once this dries will I have bond issues when I proceed with the second rail?
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### Author:  [@Jeffrey\_Hoeper](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Jeffrey_Hoeper)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-rail-crack/44186/2 "2016-05-29T21:29:01Z")
I think you'll be fine. The epoxied joint should be stronger than the original wood.
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### Author:  [@Hooper\_Williams](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Hooper_Williams)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-rail-crack/44186/3 "2016-05-31T08:06:24Z")
The same thing happened to me and I fixed it the same way. I can't even find the crack now.
Hooper Williams - Brevard, NC
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### Author:  [@Matt\_Bertapelle](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Matt_Bertapelle)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-rail-crack/44186/4 "2016-06-05T16:18:52Z")
Agreed, sounds like you handled it just fine. On a cosmetic note, mine didn't crack, but there was a holiday during the glue up, leaving an ever-slim-but-annoyingly-noticeable separation between the two rails that form the outwale. I clean it up a bit, threw in some more epoxy, and then added a patch - celebrate it, as it were.
routing out the problem area:
add the patch:
All finished with yesterday's varnish coat:
