Not sure if I've ever posted this before but I have an awesome solution to teak hand rails on the top of the salon. Personally, I love the look of teak but hate the associated maintenance. Having a boat in Florida its a constant job keeping the teak looking nice. As a result I've been removing it on the OUTSIDE of my boat as much as possible. (I'd rather sail than sand and cetol). Plus I'm not really comfortable with the strength. Mine had been heavily sanded and were in really bad shape. They were also very thin. The biggest issue I had is that I wanted to keep my teak hand rails inside and didn't want to drill a bunch more holes. My solution these stanchions. I didn't get mine from Aurora canvas, but mine look identical. I did re-tap the center hole though as mine was metric threads and I want to use 1/4" 20 bolts.
I also extended the length of my rails and luckily my father in law welds so we closed up the front of one of up them so lines slide over easily. Best thing about these is that they are super strong. I can tie off to them if I need to and I NEVER feel like its going to break. Biggest plus...I don't have to sand and cetol them
My factory hand rails leaked also. I do not have that issue any more because of how I installed. I put silcone in the hole with the bolt, but on the top of used a countersink and plut an O ring over the bolt. This O ring sat a little proud on the deck, when I screwed it together the countersink forced the O ring to the threads and provided a solid mechanical seal.
I also extended the length of my rails and luckily my father in law welds so we closed up the front of one of up them so lines slide over easily. Best thing about these is that they are super strong. I can tie off to them if I need to and I NEVER feel like its going to break. Biggest plus...I don't have to sand and cetol them
My factory hand rails leaked also. I do not have that issue any more because of how I installed. I put silcone in the hole with the bolt, but on the top of used a countersink and plut an O ring over the bolt. This O ring sat a little proud on the deck, when I screwed it together the countersink forced the O ring to the threads and provided a solid mechanical seal.
