if you go to the photos section, I put up 2 photos that show the cutout and the turnbuckle with additional support stantion.
Joe Keogh Branwyn # 5465 On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:37 PM, sleepbod <[email protected]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected] <IC27A%40yahoogroups.com>, "Richard and Judy > Bell" <randj...@...> wrote: > > > We have a split backstay, but it was still a pain trying to crawl over the > bar. So I was concerned like you, but finally took a pipe cutter and removed > the section leaving a couple of stubs which I covered with a white cane tip. > One of the things I was concerned about was someone coming up the ladder and > grabbing the stantions and trying to lever themselves into the cockpit. The > way the transom slopes made this a real possibility. Modern boats have a > reverse transom which makes it easier coming aboard. With the transom on the > C27 you had to basically pull your self up with your arms. I put a board on > the standoffs to kick the ladder away from the boat, so you ended walking up > the ladder rather than pulling yourself up. It made a big difference in > getting aboard and I never had any issues with pulling the stantions over. > > Last year though, we acquired an inflatable and I needed to put the > outboard on the stern rail. I was concerned that with the vibration of the > engine the stern rail might not survive. So I put a turnbuckle where the > removed bar was and 2 small stantions on either side of the opening to help > reinforce everything. > > I have a couple of pictures that show the cutout and reinforcement. I will > try to send them along. > > Joe Keogh > Branwyn #5465 > > > I have purchased the "stern mount" ladder from Catalina Direct with the > > intentions of mounting on the transom of my 1974. I was thinking of > cutting > > the stern rail and capping the tubing some way. My concern is that the > rail > > may not be sturdy enough once it is split into two pieces. Has anyone > done > > a similar upgrade? Did you do anything special to strengthen the rail? > > > > > > > > Richard Bell > > > > 1974 Trad TR Atomic 4 > > > > >
