[Rhodes22-list] The stern rail

[Steve Alm]

Mkorsten,  I just went through this myself.  Like you, I tried to take the
stern rail apart and discovered the stern light wires.  As I wrestled with
it, I broke the wires and had to disconnect the light, pull the wires out,
fix and reassemble.  Here's the punch line: After all that, I discovered the
plastic ladder clip will simply flex apart and bend open to go on the rail
without any of the above gymnastics.  Only problem is the clip is the wrong
size.  The holes drilled in the clip are larger than my rail so I still
don't have it secured.
Slim

On 6/7/03 3:42 PM, "mkorsten at optonline.net" <mkorsten at optonline.net> wrote:

> I would like to replace the ring clasp that holds the stern ladder in the up
> position. In order to do this, it seems that it is necessary to disassemble
> the entire stern rail. I thought this would not be a problem until I tried it
> and encountered the wire that supplies current to the stern light. This
> prevents disassembly of the railing. Is there an easy way to free an end of
> one of the upright tubes so that the new clasp that Stan sent me will slide
> over it and lock in the appropriate place for grabbing the ladder. I guess I
> could just use a bungee cord and fix something more important but it has
> become a bit of an enticing Chinese puzzle.
> 
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