[Rhodes22-list] Side rails

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Hi Tom,
My stanchion mounts are also home made.  They were machined from 316 L SS bar stock.  The stanchion mounts thru bolt though the gunnel with four 1/4-20UNC X 1-1/4” 18/8 flat head machine screws per stanchion mount.  There are backing plates made from 1/4 “ thick 316 L SS plate with four tapped holes that match the holes in the stanchion mounts.  Mounting the stanchions on the outside of the gunnels frees up the maximum amount of walking space on the side decks.  The design is a little heavy, but also very stout.  It’s never given me any problems and it always kept my crew on board.
Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
1978. Sanford, MI
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> On Mar 9, 2024, at 12:37 PM, Tom Hyatt via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Ric:
>
> How did you mount your stanchions to the deck? Did you mount them inside
> the protruding lip that runs along the edge of the topside of the boat? It
> appears that Roger used mounting hardware that he's attached to
> vertical part of the hull edge. The stanchions hardware I've seen on the GB
> boats with side rails (like the one Peter points out in his email) use a
> nifty fitting that fits right over the protruding lip. I'd love to get a
> set of those but have not been able to find anything like that in all of my
> searches.
>
> Tom
>
>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 11:46 AM Ric Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com> wrote:
>> 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
>> [image: IMG_2885.jpeg]
>> Richard F. Stott, AIA, LEED AP
>> ric at stottarchitecture.com
>> O -631-283-1777
>> C- 516-965-3164
>> 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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