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Hi all!
Just bought a '73 Mk II and I am looking to replace the acrylic ports as well as the teak handrails. Anyone know a source? (In Canada, ideally Ontario) I found the rubber gasket material at Holland Marine in T.O , but they don't carry the ports. They also carry generic teak rails of various sizes, but I'm not sure if they would be quite right for my C&C. If anyone knows a good source for these and other C&C 27 parts, I would be very grateful for the 411!
Cheers!
Ian
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Update,
I ended up ordering gasket material ( 22' ) and butyl tape from Holland Marine Products in T.O. as they were the best price I found. $2.95/ ft and $17.99 for butyl tape. ( 37' ft roll ) The acrylic ports are being cut by my local glass shop as we speak, and should run me $46 for all 4 ports. ( 1/8" smoked acrylic ) Total cost... about $150 Cad. I'm still not sure about the teak handrails on the deck. They have been broken, poorly repaired, and seem a little loose. Any advice on how to actually remove/ and replace, would be awesome. Has anyone found a source, or do you just have to find someone to manufacture a copy?
Cheers!!!
Ian Longman
1973 C&C 27 MK II 'Strider'
Later boats have handrails that are mounted back-to-back inside and out, so dismounting them means extracting the wood plug on the inside handrail and withdrawing the long woodscrew. Early boats may differ.
Unless you're wedded to the idea of teak, consider having stainless steel rails made up. They'll cost you more, but you'll never sand or varnish them, nor will you fret when large teenagers stand right in the middle of a span. This is something that CS Yachts got right.
If you want teak, making your own handrails will get you a reputation as a craftsman that is disproportionate to the actual skill required - you need a tablesaw, a bandsaw or good jigsaw, a router and some basic woodworking skills. If you want someone to do it for you, any decent woodworker with access to teak could copy the originals (and you do want an exact copy, so the holes match). Noah's in Toronto (see Links) is very good at making boat parts.
While you've got the handrails off, replace the balsa surrounding the screw holes with epoxy to prevent water entry into the core if the handrails should leak. If you don't know why, see the Black Arts entry on Critical Path's deck repairs.
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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Thanks once again David! I really like the idea of stainless steel, and I'm wondering if I go that route would there be any issue if the inside rails remained teak. Has anyone gone this route? Thoughts?
Cheers!
Ian
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