Toolbuddie
Senior Member
Greetings fellow problem solvers. I found, upon return from extended vacation, someone had apparently pulled themselves up on our boat by pulling on the handrail to hoist themselves up. Bad idea as it relates to me as I now have to repair the handrail. The obvious seems to remove it take to a good weld shop have it TIG welded back to gather re-install with bedding compound. Go back to being very busy doing nothing. Probably the best option but what say all to alternate methods. i.e. is there some sort of drive-it-in from the bottom peg with base already attached? Slip over the outside of the tube bolt to the deck as I have seen on short tubes that support a wooden top rail. My concern with alternates would be would it be as strong as the original. Better in some way. All input welcomed. and Thanks.
One thing I did not capture in the pic is the rail is very tall from this point up onto the rear deck 4 maybe 5 feet above. This tie down point is very leveraged from the excess length to the upper deck. This is the point of my concern. What have others done to repair or IMPROVE the rail fix point. Is this point called the stanchion?
Attempting to attach photos.
Thanks, Dave.
One thing I did not capture in the pic is the rail is very tall from this point up onto the rear deck 4 maybe 5 feet above. This tie down point is very leveraged from the excess length to the upper deck. This is the point of my concern. What have others done to repair or IMPROVE the rail fix point. Is this point called the stanchion?
Attempting to attach photos.
Thanks, Dave.