[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Rails

[Chris Geankoplis]

Out, Roger,
Very interesting about your nuclear powered rails!  The photo of the red
boat is not a catalog photo but mine. However you were right about the dead
space. We eventually filled it with an epoxy or silicone, can’t remember
which. 3 years in they are working fine. Your solution, however will be
around when U235 decays and is harmless. Any big plans for summer?
Chris G
XENOS

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 9:22 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> In 1987, I fabricated a set of SS railings.  At the time, I was living in
> Russellville, AR.  There were 2 nuclear power plants in town.  These 2 nuke
> plants always seemed to be in the middle of some construction project or
> another.  The result of all this construction was a tremendous amount of
> 316L SS pipe and bar stock available at the local scrap yard at very
> attractive prices.  My railings are made from 3/4”, schedule 40 pipe and
> the stanchion mounts were milled from solid 316L SS bar stock.  The backing
> plates are ¼” thick 316L SS bar stock, drilled and tapped for ¼-20UNC
> threads, 4 per backing plate.  I had access to a powerful hydraulic pipe
> bender and a MIG welder.  The picture shows the finished project:
>
> [cid:image002.png at 01DA4B1D.6771D8A0]
> Note the little black plastic triangular wedges under each of the
> stanchions.  These are made of black UHMWPE and screwed into the rub rail.
> The purpose of these plastic wedges is to prevent lines from getting caught
> under the stanchion mounts during a tack of a gibe.  Perhaps the most labor
> intensive operation of the project was finishing the railings.  Schedule 40
> pipe has a 2B mill finish, which is a dull gray.  I ended up being
> satisfied with a satin bright finish that was produced with a wire brush on
> a drill.  Polishing all this pipe to a mirror finish would have required
> 4-5X more labor hours.
>
> I recommend you NOT use the stanchions from the catalog.  As the picture
> shows, the stanchion extends over the top of the bump in the side rail.
> Unless you fill it in somehow, mounting this stanchion as illustrated in
> the picture will leave an uncleanable dead space between the back of the
> stanchion mount and the toe rail.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 1978  Sanford, MI
>
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>
> From: Chris Geankoplis<mailto:chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2024 5:25 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>; Tom
> Hyatt<mailto:thyatt at mica.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Rails
>
> 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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