I have zero regrets going to stainless. For the templates, I laid a piece of brown mailing paper (like construction paper, but in a long roll) over the holes and taped it in place. I then punched a hole through the paper at each of the old hand rail bolt holes. As a result, Whitewater was not only able to get the spacing, but also the bend. Stainless hand rails need to be pre-bent at the shop or they won’t fit correctly (and you cannot bend them while installing). Merely sending in the old wooden ones will not suffice, as wooden hand rails “un-bend” when removed. My replacements were not an exact fit, but were darn close. A little filling and drilling, and voila!
From: Brian Davis <brianwdavis...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 5:36 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Port side grab rail replacement C&C 29 MK.1 Good point about the stainless steel option. I am in the process of replacing the 2 mid ship long grab rails of which 1 broke. I have 6 in total on my 38 Landfall, and the others are good shape. But the teak does require maintenance. I bought 2 teak replacements.on Defender.com <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fDefender.com&c=E,1,0cpxv1f-gV9IeYbC8S88_r8znK8XJw-njo1mEb2E3NDJtWDNr81PfQ3PVxCn501u7UNEfiMNqycP303ukevvvZlRuzcIYjsj75MuvG8fVXzgvFkPLrrG&typo=1> but since the hole pattern was not an exact match, I filled with epoxy and repainted, and now about to drill new holes and install. I struggled with replacing all with stainless, but since I don't have a lot of teak aside from the rails and 4 vent boxes, I decided to stay original.
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