Cabintop Teak Handrails

[lulabell]

Hello All,

Does anyone know where to get new teak handrails for the cabin top? My boat is a '81 Hunter 27 and I believe they are 8 loop handrails. I've found 7 loop and 9 loop but not the 8 loop. Any help would be very helpful.

Ken

 

[RAD88]

Hello All,

Does anyone know where to get new teak handrails for the cabin top? My boat is a '81 Hunter 27 and I believe they are 8 loop handrails. I've found 7 loop and 9 loop but not the 8 loop. Any help would be very helpful.

Ken

Where did you find 9 loop. I think thats what I need for my '77 Hunter 30'.

 

[Steve Dion]

H & L Marine in Southern California will make them for you. I don't have their phone number but it is in Rancho Domiquez, CA.

 

[lulabell]

Where did you find 9 loop. I think thats what I need for my '77 Hunter 30'.

I thought someone would ask me that, lol, I'll have to go back and google teak handrails and fo through the first page of sites. I'll post back when I find it.
Ken

 

[lulabell]

Where did you find 9 loop. I think thats what I need for my '77 Hunter 30'.

rad88,
Here is the site, www.drmarine.com I didn't copy the exact page but I think if you search their site you should find it or else google "9 loop teak handrails" and their exact page is the first one in the que.

Ken

 

[fifedog]

Just curious, what exactly is wrong with your currrent handrails? The teak on my '79 Hunter 27 was bleached grey. A couple of applications with Star Brite cleaner/brightener, then a couple applications of teak oil, brought back the color.

 

[Don Lawrence]

try brewers marine in hamilton ont canada or Noah's marine in Toronto. Both places will ship and are on the net.

 

[Nelsonhow]

How about SS 1`" Tubing...

Several years ago the handrails on my H-27 were beyond repair. I replaced them with 2 1" stainless rails (cut to size) I think they were 20-" length I got from West Marine> I used standard SS hand rail fitting .. They looked great and were easy to keep clean. I cut the tube to length and put 5 middle fittings and 2 end fittings on each rail. Fixed the middle support first and gently bent the tubing down to match the curve and camber of the cabin top. Came out great... NO MORE ANNUAL SANDING AND FINISHING....

 

[lulabell]

Just curious, what exactly is wrong with your currrent handrails? The teak on my '79 Hunter 27 was bleached grey. A couple of applications with Star Brite cleaner/brightener, then a couple applications of teak oil, brought back the color.

PO's lack of care made mine beyond help even with a power sander. Thanks to all for your responses and ideas, I'm going to try and stay with teak as there isn't that much on my boat and I like a bit of teak.
Ken

 

[jcherubini]

I made mine (out of mahogany, thank you-- I hate teak) modeling them off of the original ('70s-era) Cherubini 44 ones-- scaled down to 10" centers and not 12". I like them because they have a little flat on all four sides (they are not round) and so feel hefty and are easy to fold your hand around. I have not installed them yet (still rebuilding the cabintop) but they have 4 coats of Captain's Varnish over the WEST epoxy and look like a million bucks (well they did come from a Cherubini 44- ha).

Be sure to bed them down with 5200. I know I sound like a mynah-bird with all my '5200' mantra, but handrails are one application that WILL NOT last long with silicone bedding. They just work too much, back and forth, for silicone to keep out the water. And then it goes into the core... and you have to rebuild the cabintop. (Guess what my boat's original rails were put down with.) The 5200 will make them structurally sound as well as watertight and you will add strength and security to the rail's installation... which is what you want here above all places.