hi,
Hey, I thought I'd bounce this question to all here. I have
teak handrails on top of the
cabin and also inside the
cabin. They are typical Marinco/AFI type
teak handrails. Topside handrails have an eight bolt set up (something like that), and the
interior hand rails which affix to the cabin top are 5 loops. The five looped handrails in the cabin overhead use the same holes as the topside handrails, so in essence, five bolts connect both topside and
interior hand rails together through the cabin top.
My problem is this, they use 3/16" x 4" SS bolts philips or straight
head and nuts. But given that even with the teak plugs out, once can't get a socket set in between to hold the nut in place, while the admiral is topsides trying to tighten up the bolt. I was thinking trying to find longer bolts, but no suppliers sell 3/16" philips/straight headed screws in lengths of 5-6". (I've checked West
marine,
boat us, Defender , home depot etc). Does anyone else have ways they've
solved this problem? Where it'll provide a secure hold, and still be serviceable later (if needs be).