Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: bow railing for a 13 Whaler
Posted by rfuerst911sc on 10/19/13 - 2:12 AM
#1
I have been thinking about adding a bow rail to my early 70's 13 footer to make it a little safer for my grandchildren. Someone locally is selling one for a decent price. However the railing they are selling has four external mounting plates. So it mounts as follows: four horizontal mounts on the inside of the hull, bolts go through the side hull and into the four SS plates that are threaded kind of like a tee nut. Sounds very strong ( good ) but I don't recall them being mounted like this. It does have a center vertical post that mounts by the norman pin and two " feet " at the ends that mount to the horizontal lip where the seat board sits. This does not look ( from pics ) like some rube goldberg setup it looks like a clean factory railing. So is this how they normally mount ? Or has anyone seen them mounted like this ? The seller states it was removed from a 13 ' Whaler and the pic in the add has it mounted in a Whaler. Asking price is $175.00 for everything and it looks like the railing/fittings are in great shape not bent or pitted.
Posted by Tom Hemphill on 10/19/13 - 6:13 AM
#2
That description sounds like original equipment.
Posted by rfuerst911sc on 10/26/13 - 5:17 AM
#3
I'm going to go look at/purchase today. The seller has sent numerous pics and it looks like it is in great shape. We'll see........
Posted by rfuerst911sc on 10/27/13 - 2:59 AM
#4
I went and looked at the railing yesterday, it was in very good shape and I purchased it for $150.00 I'm happy with it. The brackets that go on the outside of the hull are slightly bowed so I will straighten them out and lay down a coat of primer and topcoat on them. Looking forward to installing it will be a winter project. I think I'll make some gaskets to go under all the fittings that touch the hull.
Posted by rfuerst911sc on 10/27/13 - 11:09 AM
#5
This purchase gets more interesting. Today I wanted to clean up the brackets that mount on the outside of the hull. I thought I would run them across my wire wheel on my bench grinder and then prime/paint. I started cleaning up the first bracket and thought " what is this metal " ? I cleaned all four brackets and they are made of what looks to be pewter ! They are just beautiful and WAY too nice to be painted. I thought they were either plain steel or maybe stainless. These cleaned up so nice I sprayed several coats of high gloss clear to preserve the pewter color. These will look like jewelry on the outside of my white hull.
Posted by Tom W Clark on 10/27/13 - 12:00 PM
#6
The brackets are chrome plated bronze.
Posted by rfuerst911sc on 10/27/13 - 12:37 PM
#7
Tom W Clark wrote:
The brackets are chrome plated bronze.
No chrome has ever been on these brackets. They may be bronze but they sure look like pewter to me.