[C38] Stanchions

[Tom T.]

I may have been too hard with my criticism of the original stanchion weakness.  The only stanchion that failed on my boat was the one aft on the side that tangled with a piling during a hurricane.

I should have said that the last stanchions aft should be the reinforced gate type since they take the lateral load from the lifelines.  The stanchions in the middle don't get the lateral line loads like ends do and their light weight is good for performance keeping the boat trim.  There was nothing wrong with the quality of the original stanchions, they were just too week to be used for the gates.

Tom Troncalli.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Max Soto 
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Sent: 1/27/2011 5:10:33 AM 
Subject: Re: [C38] Stanchions


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 
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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

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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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