[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Rails

[Todd Tavares]

Chris, where did you get those fittings? Did you get them from GB or
fabricate them yourself?

Todd T

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 8:25 PM Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> My son and I installed 6-8 of these fittings on our boat to create
> lifelines and netting and to extend the tubular railing to provide more
> safety around the cockpit. The brackets I picked up at Stan’s. It might be
> hard to get though you might ask Charlie. Worst case you could have a local
> welder who works with 316 stainless to make you up a 1/2 dozen or so.
> Mounting them on the outside kept the decks open. Of course, they each had
> robust backing plates. The project worked out fine. The photo will be at
> the bottom I hope.
>
> Chris G
> Kansas Xenos
> (But on board Enosis II in, warm for now, Florida)
>
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM Tom Hyatt via Rhodes22-list <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> > Happy New Year to all.
> >
> > I'm looking for a set of rails (described on the Rhode parts website as
> > "Life Rails'') for my R22.. Does anyone have any information on where I
> > might be able to find them? Alternatively, it might be just as good to
> find
> > stanchions that would fit on the raised ridges at the gunwales of the
> > Rhodes. From those I could add my own lines or horizontal rails. I know I
> > can find deck-mounted stanchions but I'm not interested in giving up the
> > deck space for walking from the cockpit forward. .
> >
> > Has anyone DIY'd side rails or lines? Any tips or suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help you might provide.
> >
> > Tom Hyatt
> > S/V Eliza Jane, 1978
> > Baltimore, MD.
> >
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