Randy,I removed my 30 Mk1 handrails a few years ago for refinishing. The port
forward screws are under the sliding head door track and over the sink. The
starboard screws are under the sliding head door track and over the hanging
locker.
WallyWhistler IIC&C 30 out of Penetanguishene, ONOn the hard for the year :(
From: RANDY via CnC-List <[email protected]>
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Cc: RANDY <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2016 10:51 PM
Subject: Stus-List Removing 30-1 Exterior Handrails
Listers - especially those who have replaced exterior handrails on a 30-1 :)
I'm hoping you can advise me on how to remove exterior handrails from a 30-1.
Specifically, how to un-fasten the forward two bases of each handrail.
I attempted to remove my exterior handrails today and was unsuccessful. There
must be some screws into the forward two bases that I can't see from inside the
boat (and there aren't bungs covering screw heads on the outside).
Unscrewing the aft four bases of the exterior handrails was straightforward.
Their screws are shared with or covered by the interior handrails. So I
drilled out the bungs on the interior handrails and removed them. They're held
on with four long screws that go all the way through into the outside
handrails. Once the inside rails are off you can see holes in the cabin liner
for two more screws per base of the exterior handrails. Those screws are
shorter of course and came out easily enough, freeing the aft four bases of the
exterior handrail. All those screws had #2 square recessed heads BTW.
But the forward two bases are perplexing. On the port side, there were two
chrome screw covers in the cabin liner above the head sink, and one immediately
forward and immediately aft of the bulkhead separating the salon from the head.
On the starboard side there were two chrome screw covers above the hanging
locker / shelves, but only one immediately forward of the bulkhead (I don't see
one aft of the bulkhead). I popped all those screw covers off, and removed the
screws they were covering, but that was not sufficient to free the forward two
bases of the exterior handrails. There seem to be more screws holding them on,
whose heads are concealed.
For those of you 30-1 owners who have replaced your handrails, how did you
access the screws holding the forward two bases on? Did you cut a hole in your
cabin liner? I'm OK with destructive removal of the old handrails, but worry
about damaging the fiberglass around the screw holes. And I probably wouldn't
be able to fasten the new handrails exactly the same way if I went the
destructive removal route.
I put some pictures at
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-NqAxQ6JxFTc093OExfMGRBX1E. I'm hoping
somebody can tell me the magic answer :)
Thanks In Advance,Randy StaffordS/V GrenadineC&C 30-1 #7Ken Caryl, CO
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