[C38] Stanchions
Chuck Finn
charles at finn.ws
Wed Jan 26 09:36:22 EST 2011
One way I know it is sailing season is the scrape on my shin obtained as
I climb from the cabin to the cockpit. The other wound is the bruises
on the side of both legs as I bang into the stanchions. I love the look
of our boats, but the design idea that the stanchions should follow the
inward bend of the tumblehome really does not work for me. There just
is not enough deck for a guy my size. I am still considering bending
and re-welding the current stanchions into a vertical position, but
perhaps even a better solution would be to remove the current stanchions
altogether and going with a toe rail stanchion like you see on C&C
yachts. Rigrite.com has these. Attaching stanchions directly to our
toerail seems to be a viable option as the rail is really heavy duty.
Additionally, you can buy the bases and use the current tubing assuming
it is not the light weight stuff Tom has commented on. This would give
us a lot more deck space for size 11 feet.
Just thinking aloud at this point, but I really am tired of the bruising!
Chuck Finn
Mighty Quinn #114
Great Lakes
On 1/25/2011 3:25 PM, Max Soto wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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 <mailto:maxsoto at gmail.com>
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> *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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>> <mailto:SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>>
>>
>> Does anyone know who made our stanchions?
>>
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