[C38] Stanchions

Wed Jan 26 11:57:12 EST 2011

Glad you brought this up, Chuck (do you get that a lot....up-chuck? ;) ).
When I ordered mine I told Mark at Garhauer which stanchion it was (furthest
aft on each side) because I remembered a past post about the varying angles
of our stanchions from fore to aft.  His response was that their stanchions
(and supposedly the correct replacement part) were a right angle - 90
degrees.

Mine were bent in (*and cracked at the bale - everyone should take a look at
this on their own boats*) a couple inches and I had always assumed it was to
continue the curve of the hull but I gotta say...it's really nice having
them straight up rather than in the path of your way forward.

Steve

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Chuck Finn <charles at finn.ws> wrote:

>  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>
>
>> 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> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Steve,
>>>>
>>>>  I'm not surprised if they were made by Garhauer......
>>>>
>>>>  Regards,
>>>>
>>>>  Max
>>>>
>>>> 2011/1/24 Steve Smolinske <SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>
>>>>
>>>>>   Does anyone know who made our stanchions?
>>>>>
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