I am working on updating a 1982 Catalina 30. Right now it has composite handrails. It appears that Catalina direct is no longer carrying the ten loop teak rail. Any ideas?
teak handrails
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Just doing my 82 with stainless steel just recieved the hardware from Marine Part depot and will pick up rails on monday no more teak for me
Do you have to drill new holes in the top of the cabin or do they fit the screws that were previously used on the 10 loop teak?
What's "composite?" Teak? I just removed all the Cetol from my handrails, a fun job if I say so myself. 
After years and years of doing everything from bare, to oil, to varnish (NEVER again!!!) to cetol, I'm going back to the let it go gray school.
Your boat, your choice.
Stainless is a great idea. My understanding is that the manufacturer has made them to match, or else it wouldn't be such a good idea, right?
For our Catalina 34s, there have been a series of boats, which we call Mark Is, Mark 1 1/4, Mark 1 1/2 and the Mark 2s which has NO above deck teak at all. The Mark Is had standard teak. The middle versions had combinations with some of the later Mark 1 1/4s and Mark 1 1/12s (which didn't have the Mark II larger cockpits) with no teak and stainless, whether or not they had the early versions of the walk through transoms. One of our members and the Fleet 1 (San Francisco) Cruise Director has a Mark 1 1/2 which is the traditional Mark I hull form with the walk through transom and stainless handrails. Sweet. Other Mark 1 1/2s have teak. Don't know if he or his PO switched to the stainless or whether it came that way from the factory.
After years and years of doing everything from bare, to oil, to varnish (NEVER again!!!) to cetol, I'm going back to the let it go gray school.Your boat, your choice.
Stainless is a great idea. My understanding is that the manufacturer has made them to match, or else it wouldn't be such a good idea, right?
For our Catalina 34s, there have been a series of boats, which we call Mark Is, Mark 1 1/4, Mark 1 1/2 and the Mark 2s which has NO above deck teak at all. The Mark Is had standard teak. The middle versions had combinations with some of the later Mark 1 1/4s and Mark 1 1/12s (which didn't have the Mark II larger cockpits) with no teak and stainless, whether or not they had the early versions of the walk through transoms. One of our members and the Fleet 1 (San Francisco) Cruise Director has a Mark 1 1/2 which is the traditional Mark I hull form with the walk through transom and stainless handrails. Sweet. Other Mark 1 1/2s have teak. Don't know if he or his PO switched to the stainless or whether it came that way from the factory.
Also redid all my non skid so filled holes on outside and put new nonskid over and on inside glued cream colored buttond on cieling as they are behind the inside teak handrail and not really noticable . Even if i did not redo the nonskid i woudl just fill the holes and paint over as new holes do not mat old ones as new rails are going to be straight
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