[Rhodes22-list] Side rails

[Ric Stott]

Stan always wanted me to buy those 1" rails so I suspect he has some in the yard. 
Personally I think they look like ADA approved grab rails for the handicapped. 
Some of us, including me, are getting to the age we might want those, but my SS stations and 1/8” wire Life Lines do the trick for me both visually and for safety. 
Ric 
Dadventure 

Richard F. Stott, AIA, LEED AP 
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> On Mar 9, 2024, at 11:16 AM, Tom Hyatt via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>> 
>> 
>> 

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