Any ideas for removing a stantion. The screws/bolts revolve through the deck, the nuts are presumably encased in the layup as they do not protrude inside the boat, but at the same time one leaks badly. The stantion base wobbles around with a quarter of an inch gap under it but I cant see a way of removing for repair without just ripping it out of the deck!! any (sensible) ideas welcome Alan (Marmaris Turkey)
leaky stantions
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Leaks
Swaggie, I have been through the leaky stantion scenario. You have to remove some of the internal flimsy timber linings inside the cupboards to access the nuts. Mine were removed quite easily and once undone it was fairly easy to get the pin and stud out. The actual stantion fits over a machnined pin which has a threaded section which in turn fits through the deck and is secured by nuts. Once released and removed it is easy to clean up and refit with a good quality sealant and thus stop the leaks. I have done all of my stantions, but still have leaks. I think the leaks are in way of the turning block for the jib sheet, but have yet to remove and re seal. Graham.
Swaggie, I have been through the leaky stantion scenario. You have to remove some of the internal flimsy timber linings inside the cupboards to access the nuts. Mine were removed quite easily and once undone it was fairly easy to get the pin and stud out. The actual stantion fits over a machnined pin which has a threaded section which in turn fits through the deck and is secured by nuts. Once released and removed it is easy to clean up and refit with a good quality sealant and thus stop the leaks. I have done all of my stantions, but still have leaks. I think the leaks are in way of the turning block for the jib sheet, but have yet to remove and re seal. Graham.
Fixing your leaks
I recently completed a stantion-leak safari. Water was getting into the v-berth area along the starboard side, and also running onto the floor of the v-berth from beneath the starboard lockers; the stantions were clearly loose (a lot of play). In the v-berth, you unfortunately have to remove the interior panelling and trim wood that holds it in place to get to the nuts that tighten the stantions there. In my case, the bow pulpit nut had loosened and that was where the water was coming in. The other stb stantions forward of the gate also needed to be rebedded and tightened as well. The nuts aren't backed very well. If you go in there, I recommend double-nutting the bow pulpit nut so it doesn't come loose again. Putting back all of the panelling and trim wood is 4x the amount of work of getting it apart, so you wouldn't want to do it more than once!! It appeared to me that the problem occurred because the fairleads to the roller-furling system are mounted on the starboard stantions; working the furling system also works the stantions until they become loose enough to start leaking. I say this because the port-side stantions are not leaking. BEO
I recently completed a stantion-leak safari. Water was getting into the v-berth area along the starboard side, and also running onto the floor of the v-berth from beneath the starboard lockers; the stantions were clearly loose (a lot of play). In the v-berth, you unfortunately have to remove the interior panelling and trim wood that holds it in place to get to the nuts that tighten the stantions there. In my case, the bow pulpit nut had loosened and that was where the water was coming in. The other stb stantions forward of the gate also needed to be rebedded and tightened as well. The nuts aren't backed very well. If you go in there, I recommend double-nutting the bow pulpit nut so it doesn't come loose again. Putting back all of the panelling and trim wood is 4x the amount of work of getting it apart, so you wouldn't want to do it more than once!! It appeared to me that the problem occurred because the fairleads to the roller-furling system are mounted on the starboard stantions; working the furling system also works the stantions until they become loose enough to start leaking. I say this because the port-side stantions are not leaking. BEO
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