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croakz



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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2021 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did anyone use a backing board when adding their hand rails or just fender washers? What size washers did you use? Thanks.
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ssobol



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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2021 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

croakz wrote:
Did anyone use a backing board when adding their hand rails or just fender washers? What size washers did you use? Thanks.


Depends on where you are installing them.
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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2021 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you are putting the hand rails thru the outer lip, so they can be grabbed as you go forward from the cockpit--then only a plain washer--I believe they were 1/4". The hand rails on the cabin just outside of the raised top--fender washers. Use the diameter of the bolt welded to the bottom of SS rails, or thru teak as your guide.

In my 24, the hand rail bolts go thru to a rack on the ceiling made of wood which holds life jackets, and the camper back side curtains. So they go thru wood. In this case a standard washer is used.

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croakz



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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2021 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looking to install 12” handrails on the eyebrow and 18” handrails on the aft cabin top (outter edge). Thanks.
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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2021 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For those you are going thru about 1/4" thick fiberglass. There is not a lot of room under there--it is thru the outer lip, outside the cabin. Thus we just use a plain washer. That is plenty strong.

You will enjoy more security going forward, or even docking.
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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2021 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thataway wrote:
For those you are going thru about 1/4" thick fiberglass. There is not a lot of room under there--it is thru the outer lip, outside the cabin. Thus we just use a plain washer. That is plenty strong.

You will enjoy more security going forward, or even docking.


Thanks Bob!
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another place for a short handle, just hand-sized, is on the port engine cover. It’s a place to hang onto when climbing into the well from the swim platform.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pelican wrote:
Another place for a short handle, just hand-sized, is on the port engine cover. It’s a place to hang onto when climbing into the well from the swim platform.


If you want extra grips for boarding from the water and ladder--then a handle thru the side of the splash well helps. For the outboard cowling, I would prefer to use a "Sea Sucker" handle:which relies on vacuum to keep it attached rather than put a handle with bolts thru the cowling.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I put handles on the exterior of the boat next to the swim step.



The picture only shows one, but there in one on each side now.
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