[Public-List] rails

[Chuck Stein]

We just finished this job on our non-liner boat (156).  The rails are
connected through the toe-rails with bolts that have nuts and washers.  Look
where the hull and the deck meet and you should see the nuts and washers.
They may be coated with paint, depending on how many times the interior has
been painted.  You may find it easier if you remove the mahogany cabinet
fronts that attach on our boat to the forward bulkhead and the shelf.  There
were two bolts we could not reach because a new gas tank has been installed
on the starboard side in the cockpit locker.  Rather than mess with the
tank, we cut those off with a saws all, drove them down into the locker, and
replaced them with screws when we replaced the rail.  We replaced the wood
spacer with cedar strips about 1/" thick and 3/4" wide and caulked between
the strips and the teak rails.  The whole job was relatively easy.
Chuck Stein 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Dave Terrell
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 2:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [Public-List] rails

Gordon
 
this answer may not be relevant, but on my liner boat, the bolts were thru
bolted and secured with nuts. I think my teak battens were dying - so I
removed the rails and replaced them with 1 1/4 x 3/16 t track, The result
was first class. If the holes are evenly spaced all along the track (mine
were), I think Garhauer would drill t-track to  your specifications.
 
David

>>> gordon white <gewhite at crosslink.net> 4/2/2011 2:20 PM >>>
     On my boat (#275, non-liner) there are curved stainless steel rails
about an inch wide that run along the top of the port and starboard toe
rails, in  way of the cabin, where blocks ride for the headsails.

     These are secured by stainless, flat-head screws/bolts. At each end are
round-head bolts that act as stoppers to prevent the car from going off the
ends.

     I cannot see the ends of these screws/bolts inside the cabin.

     Are these simply screws screwed into the top edge of each side? If
there are nuts, I cannot see them inside the boat.

     (Under each rail is a teak batten to raise them up a bit higher than
the rail, and one of those battens has weathered away over 40 plus years and
fallen out.)


  Gordon White, /Brigadoon II/
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