Totally irrelevant to this discussion, but I replaced the teak handrails on both my 34 and my 42 with stainless steel handrails. No maintenance, no fuss, not terribly expensive, and very solid.
From: Bruno Lachance via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 7:06 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Bruno Lachance Subject: Re: Stus-List putting teek hand rails back together - tips Gary, your solution sounds even better, I doubt you will ever have the spinning issue. The only advantage I see in my setup is that I can set the handrail with the bolt aligned in the holes, push it down and then put the nuts from the inside all by myself. I don't know for you, but since the rail is curved, I always have to work the handrail a bit to align it with the holes. I do however find some washers and nuts in the bilge that I had dropped, wish is sometimes frustrating and could cause a problem for the bilge pump...nothing is perfect! Bruno Lachance Becassine, 1987 33 mkII New-Richmond, Qc Envoyé de mon iPad Le 22 mars 2017 à 13:10, Gary Russell via CnC-List <[email protected]> a écrit : Bruno, I did the same thing on my 35 MkII, but I epoxied the nut in the hand rail, and inserted the 1/4"-20 screw up from the inside. I used butyl "O" rings to seal. It worked very well for me (for 18 years) and I never had trouble with the nut spinning. Gary S/V Kaylarah ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~ On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Bruno Lachance via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, On my boat, the exterior and interior handrails are offset. The PO wanted to be able to remove the exterior handrails during the winter months so he could do the varnish at home. He used thickened époxy to glue the bolts and teak plugs from the outside so they dont turn when he put the nut on from the Inside of the cabin. In my boat i have plugs in the headliner covering the holes. This ritual is now part of my routine, i remove the handrails every fall and bring them home. And each year my girlfriend gets better at refreshing the varnish on the handrails, cockpit table, and main hatch door (i know, i am a Lucky guy!) Since i bought the boat in 2009, last year was the first year i had to deal with a free spinning bolt. I drilled the plug to undo, cleaned the hole and redo the job with thickened époxy, new bolt and teak plug. This works for me. BTW i bed my rails with a thin layer of fresh butyl each year. Easy to remove and clean. It would also work with your setup, but if you want to remove then as i do, i guess you would need to live with recessed esxposed fasteners in the cabin... Bruno Lachance Becassine, 1987 33 mkII New-Richmond, Qc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- De : CnC-List <[email protected]> de la part de Joseph Bognar via CnC-List <[email protected]> Envoyé : 21 mars 2017 13:18 À : [email protected] Cc : Joseph Bognar Objet : Re: Stus-List putting teek hand rails back together - tips I did this on my 79 30 Mk 1 also. A small flathead screwdriver in the hole will hold the nut from turning . If you are sealing the outer rails with 4200 or similar do not over-tighten the handrails . Just snug enough to squeeze a bit of sealant out then let it cure . Snug up after it has cured . Sent from Joe Bognar On Mar 21, 2017, at 12:05 PM, RANDY via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Steve, I'll be fastening Grenadine's new exterior handrails in a couple weeks. She's a 30-1, hull #7, built September 1972. I'm pretty sure her old handrails were original, and they were fastened with screws through the cabin top from the inside. No bungs on the exterior handrails. I drilled out the bungs from the interior handrails, which covered a long screw fastening both the interior and exterior handrails. Then, under each interior handrail base, there were two more shorter screws fastening the exterior handrails. I've got pictures of the project at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-NqAxQ6JxFTc093OExfMGRBX1E. I know that doesn't address your specific question. But maybe you could consider changing fasteners. Instead of using bolts and nuts, maybe you could switch to using just screws from the inside? You could fill and bung the holes in the exterior handrails as necessary. Cheers, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steven Tattrie via CnC-List" <[email protected]> To: "cnc-list" <[email protected]> Cc: "Steven Tattrie" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 10:45:40 AM Subject: Stus-List putting teek hand rails back together - tips Hello all, I removed teak hand rails from my C&C30 MK1 1979 last fall. There is an inside and outside rail that are both fastened together by the same bolt and nut (inside nut). Both ends are recessed into the rail with teak plug to fill the hole. I haven't tried to install them back yet however, I am wondering how I can hold the nut on the inside so that it does not turn keeping in mind that it is recessed into the wood and a socket/ wrench will not hold it (fit in the hole). Any tips on this process!! 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