[C38] Stanchions

[Max Soto]

Good to know that they share the same foot print... If the removable
stanchion's base also fits, I'll go for that one next time..... A little
heavier, but if they bend, it will be so much easier to replace.......
Thanks, Max

2011/1/25 Steven Ribble <steve.ribble at gmail.com>

> Max, yes...same foot print.  Garhauer has a square-ish base that I think
> are for removable stanchions and a one that's trapezoidal for the
> solid/fixed type, which is what mine are (also characterized by the "flat
> top").  I can't speak to the quality comment that Tom refers to, I just know
> mine have been on the boat for 30 years and only needed to be replaced
> because the over-wintering force exerted by the shrinkwrap caused them to
> bend.  I thought I saw reinforced/gate style stanchions on their website,
> but don't know about the footprint.
>
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Tom T. <tdtron at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> After hurricane Dennis (the Menace) skirted Tampa Bay a few years ago with
>> a near miss, we got tangled up with a piling with the surge and had our
>> starboard lifelines damaged along with the stanchions on that side.
>>
>> I replaced the stanchions near the rail at the aft end of the cabin
>> with Catalina Direct stanchions. I replaced both sides so they would match.
>> My boat had standard stanchions and those stanchions should have been the
>> reinforced gate entry types which are heavier and more expensive.
>>
>> I didn't shop Garhauer and I probably should have but the original
>> stanchions were JUNK so anything was an upgrade!  The metal in the
>> replacement stanchions was much heavier gage and with the reinforced foot
>> design of the gate type stanchion there was no comparison between quality or
>> strength of the two types.
>>
>> The reason I bring this up is some of our members may have stanchions like
>> the ones I replaced which may be a disaster waiting to happen.  If the
>> stanchions at the front of the gate are like the thin, weak ones like I had
>> they could fail.  The thin tube original stanchions may be OK for middle of
>> the lifeline mounts but where the gates terminate they are inadequate
>>
>> Tom Troncalli
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Max Soto <maxsoto at gmail.com>
>> *To: *Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
>> *Sent:* 1/25/2011 12:00:20 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [C38] Stanchions
>>
>> Steve, do they have the same footprint???
>> Regards, max
>>
>> Sent from my iPod
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:30 AM, Steven Ribble <steve.ribble at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Our stanchions are Garhauer...I replaced a couple last season...about
>> $50 each.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Max Soto < <maxsoto at gmail.com>
>> maxsoto at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Steve,
>>>
>>> I'm not surprised if they were made by Garhauer......
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Max
>>>
>>> 2011/1/24 Steve Smolinske < <SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>
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>>>>    Does anyone know who made our stanchions?
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