Recent content by SSawyer

Thank you all for your advice, it's very much appreciated and been absolutely invaluable throughout this process. I ended up reaching out to a fabricator up here in Alameda/Richmond that I was referred to by Railmakers. Unfortunately, because we had some hard angles bent into the metal and even...

Thank you for pointing that out as well, it pulpit itself is pretty mangled so I'll do some examining when I remove the piece.

Excellent! Over the moon to hear that it might not cost me an arm and a leg after all. It looks like Railmakers in Richmond has permanently closed, but I reached out to the Southern Cal location for recommendations.

Thanks Loren! She's an E-32-3. I'll look around for a good SS fab. shop and post once I have things to report. It'll take me a couple of days, so if anyone else has recommendations please don't be shy.

Moral of the story? If you're a good skipper (which under normal circumstances I do claim to be), when you're sailing-experienced friends askes to take your boat into the slip, you will stay nearby to assist. You will not head forward to stays and simply assume that they will steer clear of the...