I was going to stay out of this one, but I have to weigh-in. I have wood grab rails also and I have to say, I like them much better than the stainless ones.
Yes they require maintenance but the look is worth the price. My dad left them natural and only teak oiled them once a year. I have varnished them.
This year I plan to make covers for them out of an old sail cover. It will extend the life of my varnish job for years.
In fact, I bet that varnish and covers would take less time and energy than replacing them with SS rials and will always look better in my opinion.
That’ my 2¢
Ric
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HBNY

Richard F. Stott, AIA, LEED AP
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> On Apr 20, 2023, at 1:15 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
> 
> If it were my rail, and my luck was that good, I'd also give serious consideration to buying some lottery tickets :^)
> 
> --Peter
> 
>> On 2023-04-20, at 11:23:17 EDT, ROGER PIHLAJA wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> Dumb question - will the bases for the new rails cover the old holes in the 
>> cabin top even if the holes don’t line up with the holes in the new bases?  If 
>> so; then, you don’t have to worry about the finished appearance of the filled 
>> holes. 
>> 
>> Roger Pihlaja
>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> 
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