White Water made stainless handrails and a new stern pulpit for my 42. The work is generally high quality, but I encountered two issues:
1) with the handrails, as I noted not too long ago, White Water’s configuration is to weld a nut into the “feet,” and the rail is attached by bolting from inside. The result is very solid. However, I discovered that several of the nuts became slightly distorted due to the heat of welding, and White Water failed to re-tap them before shipping the finished product. We discovered the problem while installing the first handrail (after everything had been gooped, of course), and we broke a bolt in the process. It was an easily preventable problem that turned into a big hassle. 2) with the stern pulpit, I gave White Water the original pulpit to use as a template and sent additional measurements (the original was a bit flimsy and “sprung” when it was removed). The new rail was more robust and did not fit in the old pulpit holes (despite much effort), which also became a big hassle. White Water worked with me on the remedy, but I lost a couple weeks messing around. The bottom line: depending on what you’re replacing, don’t expect the job to go perfectly smoothly. From: Chuck Borge via CnC-List Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 10:38 AM To: CnClist Cc: Chuck Borge Subject: Re: Stus-List Stern rail for a 41 Thanks for the replies. I don't have spec sheets or build files for the 41, but I can take detailed measurements which will help. I'll check out White Water Marine for as well. Chuck Borge 508-642-3557 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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