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jwilliams
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Initially Posted - 05/13/2003 : 14:27:26

Hi all,

When Hey Jude is heeled and someone is below, including me, in rough water, I often think that grabrails or some kind of hand holds would be super.

The easiest probably would be to purchase the teak exterior rails that someone like West Marine sells and install them. I'm thinking four of the kind that have three legs, about 18in. long.

If this is making sense, I welcome your insights and comments.

Jim Williams
Hey Jude C25fk 2958
Half Moon Bay, CA

PS: Sweet day on the Bay Saturday. Typical, no wind until 1:00 then, 15+kts. Had to reef before I got home.

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 05/13/2003 : 17:32:46

Seem like you already have the right idea. Triska has interior grab rails. They look good and make great towel holders too.

Doug&Ruth
Triska (Alberg 29)
Tacoma Wa.

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eric.werkowitz
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Response Posted - 05/13/2003 : 19:26:26

Jim,

Haven't tried it yet, but I'm thinking about putting webbing hand holds across the line of bolts and screws that secure my outside handrails. I figure you can't bang your head, and no more holes through the cabin roof.

Eric Werkowitz
C25 #4969

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ddlyle
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Response Posted - 05/13/2003 : 21:16:38

If you have a pop-top, the steel post supports (of the pop-top, horizontal in the down position) make nice handholds at least as far (forward) as they go. From there to the head, you might think about putting a handhold on the vertical (teak) under the mast. I guess that would work. I haven't done it, but I wouldn't want to sacrifice head room.
My wife discovered the hard way how important hand-holds are when she was below (during a very early sail) when a gust came up and her bum crashed into the wooden counter edge forward of the stove. ouch. big bruise. I kissed it to make it better.

Cap'n Dave
Sailing The Blues
1986 C25 sr/sk #5413

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 05/13/2003 : 21:43:56

Jim W.<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>... in rough water ... some kind of hand holds ... teak exterior rails ... the kind that have three legs, about 18in. long.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>Just last week, I installed something similar to that. I used the 1-loop style (two legs and about a foot long). I mounted two vertically near the head, just to port of the door openings, and one in the galley, horizontal on of the aft dinette seat back, near the top edge. To attach them, I used #10 wood screws and fender washers from the plywood side. I chose screws so long they almost stuck out through the handle so as to reinforce the legs of the handle.

As someone else mentioned, these double as towel racks, and the pop-top tubes can serve as handles too. I like idea about the overhead webbing grap straps attached to the cabin handrail screws. I might try that.

-- Leon Sisson

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RichardG
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Response Posted - 05/15/2003 : 00:09:49

Someone else added interior handrails and posted details on this forum a while back, but I now cannot find it. I thought a lot about adding them when I recently had the exterior handrails removed for refinishing, but Minneys didn't have any used ones at the time. I would go for a two-loop rail (3 legs) about mid-cabin -- replace the machine screws with longer ones under teak plugs on the corresponding exterior handrail legs, with the nuts under teak plugs on the interior handrail legs.

Like I said, I haven't done it -- but those are my thoughts.

RichardG 81 C25 SR/FK "Sanity"

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jwilliams
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Response Posted - 05/15/2003 : 01:26:29

Thanks guys,

Great minds.....etc.

The tubes for the poptop give me no where to wrap my hands around, that's what promted my thoughts to install handholds.

Jim
Hey Jude C25fk 2958
Half Moon Bay, CA

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RichardG
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Response Posted - 05/15/2003 : 10:55:53

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Someone else added interior handrails and posted details on this forum a while back, but I now cannot find it. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

Found it -- here it is (deastburn's post)...

http://www.catalina25-250.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2156

RichardG 81 C25 SR/FK "Sanity"

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