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Stainless Steel is fine in your area, but...
In Response To: That makes SS rails a great idea. Easy removal 
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() Any metal hand rails in the tropics ...or for us Mexico get so hot they are impossible to hold on to. At least that is our friends experience - several of them installed SS safety rails to cut down on maint. but now regret it. You literally cannot touch them while setting in the sun. I can see where they would be fine in more temperate climes.
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- I took the handrails off my boat 10 years ago, it's time to put them back on.
- Tom sounds like you don't need much input the only thing I would add
- This is how I handled the sailing and cruising
- Can you "marry" them below with handrails on the inside?
- On Passage, I painted them same color as the cabin top. Worked perfectly for decades.
- Hope they don't sail that boat in your pic at night...
- Mine are the same as roverhi describes
- Those are nice. I've seen some very well crafted hand rails
- Here's my cabintop. It's stepped,
- Have you seen
- You have all the tooling needed
- I guess you're right! Hmmm,... here's another very detailed set.
- Some painted handrails on a low(er) maintenance wooden boat.
- Those might actually not be a easy to really grab for a smaller hand. They look nice, though.
- Is 1" round the holy grip, er grail of handrails?
- Is 1" round the holy grip, er grail of handrails?
- Some painted handrails on a low(er) maintenance wooden boat.
- I guess you're right! Hmmm,... here's another very detailed set.
- Here's my cabintop. It's stepped,
- Those are nice. I've seen some very well crafted hand rails
