On my 35-2 handrails are attached same way but the exterior handrails are 1.5 times longer than the interior handrails. I found it to be at least a 2 person job to reattach them with butyl tape bedding and the large 3.5 inch stainless screws from inside to outside tended to distort the butyl tape so I ended up punching out holes in the tape so those screws could easily pass through it to the outside handrails and the job was more difficult due to the curvature of the longer outside hsndrails.
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 3:00 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Chuck that sounds like a good plan. I replaced my exterior teak handrails > five years ago (1972 30 MK I hull #79) and they were fastened almost the > same way - with long wood screws through the interior handrails and > cabintop (no nuts involved). When I reassembled I fastened them the same > way (with new SS wood screws) and left the interior bungs out. The > threaded insert and machine screw from inside approach sounds pretty slick. > > Cheers, > Randy > > On Mar 19, 2022, at 7:37 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Curious if anyone else tried this? > > My cabin top handrails are bolted to a matching set in the cabin ceiling. > They were throughbolted to each other using long bolts and nuts and the > holes bunged. I removed them to fix leaks many years ago and want to > install them now so I can simply remove the screws from inside and remove > both for a winter retouch. > > They were originally through bolted together, the outside cabintop > handrails had 3 1/2" long 10-24 screws and the cabin ceiling handrails had > nuts holding it all together, both fasteners had teak bungs over the > fasteners. > > My plan is to install threaded inserts into the outside handrails and use > stainless 10-24 screws from the inside ones to hold them together. My plan > is to bung the outer handrails and leave out bungs on the inner set, so I > can remove the the screws from inside, each winter. I've already overbored > and redrilled and countersunk the deck holes, and will use butyl tape for > bedding. This should provide a way to remove the long screws from inside > without removing the bungs on the outside handrails. > > https://www.mcmaster.com/90016A011/ > > Chuck Scheaffer Resolute 1989 C&C 34R Annapolis > > > > > > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
