My Eastbay has a maybe 20" section in the rails that has a collar that slides back (spring loaded). There are additional stanchions to reinforce the sides. The section of the rail there is straight, so the hinging piece folds back nicely. There's a tab welded into the top of the rail for collar to catch when it's hinged open. I don't have a more detailed picture.
For the bow, however, there's not likely many straight enough sections to make as clean a folding arrangement. That and a few pictures online of your boat show slanted stanchions on the bow, which would make it more work to add support that didn't look awkward.
Would a job like that require removing the whole rail, or could they do the work while it was still on the boat? All that welding/grinding near fiberglass would make me wonder...
I bring our toys up from the stern and walk them up the gunwales. I've never liked dragging things over the rails.
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2005 Eastbay 47 FB - Solstice, w/Highfield CL360 tender
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