Bruno,
I did the same thing on my 35 MkII, but I epoxied the nut in the hand
rail, and inserted the 1/4"-20 screw up from the inside. I used butyl "O"
rings to seal. It worked very well for me (for 18 years) and I never had
trouble with the nut spinning.
Gary
S/V Kaylarah
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Bruno Lachance via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On my boat, the exterior and interior handrails are offset. The PO wanted
> to be able to remove the exterior handrails during the winter months so he
> could do the varnish at home. He used thickened époxy to glue the bolts and
> teak plugs from the outside so they dont turn when he put the nut on from
> the Inside of the cabin. In my boat i have plugs in the headliner covering
> the holes.
>
>
> This ritual is now part of my routine, i remove the handrails every fall
> and bring them home. And each year my girlfriend gets better at refreshing
> the varnish on the handrails, cockpit table, and main hatch door (i know, i
> am a Lucky guy!)
>
>
> Since i bought the boat in 2009, last year was the first year i had to
> deal with a free spinning bolt. I drilled the plug to undo, cleaned the
> hole and redo the job with thickened époxy, new bolt and teak plug.
>
>
> This works for me. BTW i bed my rails with a thin layer of fresh butyl
> each year. Easy to remove and clean.
>
>
> It would also work with your setup, but if you want to remove then as i
> do, i guess you would need to live with recessed esxposed fasteners in the
> cabin...
>
>
> Bruno Lachance
>
> Becassine, 1987 33 mkII
>
> New-Richmond, Qc
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *De :* CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> de la part de Joseph
> Bognar via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> *Envoyé :* 21 mars 2017 13:18
> *À :* cnc-list@cnc-list.com
> *Cc :* Joseph Bognar
> *Objet :* Re: Stus-List putting teek hand rails back together - tips
>
> I did this on my 79 30 Mk 1 also. A small flathead screwdriver in the hole
> will hold the nut from turning . If you are sealing the outer rails with
> 4200 or similar do not over-tighten the handrails . Just snug enough to
> squeeze a bit of sealant out then let it cure . Snug up after it has cured
> .
>
> Sent from Joe Bognar
>
>
> On Mar 21, 2017, at 12:05 PM, RANDY via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I'll be fastening Grenadine's new exterior handrails in a couple weeks.
> She's a 30-1, hull #7, built September 1972. I'm pretty sure her old
> handrails were original, and they were fastened with screws through the
> cabin top from the inside. No bungs on the exterior handrails. I drilled
> out the bungs from the interior handrails, which covered a long screw
> fastening both the interior and exterior handrails. Then, under each
> interior handrail base, there were two more shorter screws fastening the
> exterior handrails. I've got pictures of the project at
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-NqAxQ6JxFTc093OExfMGRBX1E.
>
> I know that doesn't address your specific question. But maybe you could
> consider changing fasteners. Instead of using bolts and nuts, maybe you
> could switch to using just screws from the inside? You could fill and bung
> the holes in the exterior handrails as necessary.
>
> Cheers,
> Randy Stafford
> S/V Grenadine
> C&C 30-1 #7
> Ken Caryl, CO
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Steven Tattrie via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> *To: *"cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> *Cc: *"Steven Tattrie" <steven.tatt...@gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, March 21, 2017 10:45:40 AM
> *Subject: *Stus-List putting teek hand rails back together - tips
>
> Hello all,
>
> I removed teak hand rails from my C&C30 MK1 1979 last fall. There is an
> inside and outside rail that are both fastened together by the same bolt
> and nut (inside nut). Both ends are recessed into the rail with teak plug
> to fill the hole.
>
> I haven't tried to install them back yet however, I am wondering how I can
> hold the nut on the inside so that it does not turn keeping in mind that it
> is recessed into the wood and a socket/ wrench will not hold it (fit in the
> hole).
>
> Any tips on this process!!
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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