My son and I installed 6-8 of these fittings on our boat to create lifelines and netting and to extend the tubular railing to provide more safety around the cockpit. The brackets I picked up at Stan’s. It might be hard to get though you might ask Charlie. Worst case you could have a local welder who works with 316 stainless to make you up a 1/2 dozen or so. Mounting them on the outside kept the decks open. Of course, they each had robust backing plates. The project worked out fine. The photo will be at the bottom I hope.

Chris G
Kansas Xenos
(But on board Enosis II in, warm for now, Florida)


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On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM Tom Hyatt via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Happy New Year to all.
>
> I'm looking for a set of rails (described on the Rhode parts website as
> "Life Rails'') for my R22.. Does anyone have any information on where I
> might be able to find them? Alternatively, it might be just as good to find
> stanchions that would fit on the raised ridges at the gunwales of the
> Rhodes. From those I could add my own lines or horizontal rails. I know I
> can find deck-mounted stanchions but I'm not interested in giving up the
> deck space for walking from the cockpit forward. .
>
> Has anyone DIY'd side rails or lines? Any tips or suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you might provide.
>
> Tom Hyatt
> S/V Eliza Jane, 1978
> Baltimore, MD.
>