[Rhodes22-list] Side rails

[Tom Hyatt]

Thanks Peter. Does anyone know if General Boats still sells these? I'd love
to put them on my 78.

Tom

On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 11:08 AM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> I think the 'tripping hazard' comment referred to restraints that were too
> low, like knee level.
>
> There's a good picture of a boat with rails in the Picture Gallery:
> http://www.rhodes22.org/pictures-exterior.html
>
>
> --Peter
>
> > On 2024-03-09, at 10:09:41 EST, Tom Hyatt wrote:
> >
> > I know this question has come up before but I would like to throw it out
> there
> > again.
> >
> > How many Rhodes owners have some sort of side rail or line system to
> hold onto
> > when moving from the cockpit to the bow? Has that helped? Has it made
> you feel
> > more secure than just hanging onto the stays?
> >
> > I've seen in some of Stan's writings where he has said that this would
> be more
> > of a danger than a help. A tripping hazard, I think he said.
> >
> > I know that GB offers a rail system that they ( I think) installed onto
> the
> > later rebuilds that Stan did.
> >
> > I'd be very interested to see what others have done on their own.
> >
> > Tom Hyatt
> > S/V Eliza Jane 1978
> > Baltimore
> >
>
>