stanchions

You come in to the dock, under control, with no problems ... Some helpful person on the dock decides to help and grabs the boat by one of the boat handles, known as stanchions, and puts their full weight into pushing it, or almost as bad, starts pulling a lifeline as hard as he can...

I'm rebedding the coach top winches and the stanchion bases. I have a couple of questions and would like some thoughts. I'm planning on doing the whole overdrill/epoxy/redrill/backingplate thing. 1. The coach top winches (Barlow 16s) had a thin rubber gasket between the winch base and the...

Guys, I want to add a second lifeline to the original stanchions on an 1974 E32-2. The stanchions are single pieces, welded to the base. Removing and replacing (and rebedding) the stanchions is beyond our time/cost window for this repair. I'm considering adding a clamp on eye (see picture) to...

I bent a stanchion on my "88 E34. Does anyone know the maker, size and where I might find a matching replacement?

I have been of a mind for some time now to re-bed my lifeline stanchions. In planning the job, I see that several of them have nuts that are inaccessible on the interior of the boat due to cabinetry, such as the galley cabinets. Any tips from any of you as to how to deal with this problem...