[Rhodes22-list] Captains Seats & Stern Rail Padded Back Rest

[Geoff Farrell]

Very nice. Thanks.


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:10 AM, marlangreen at gmail.com <
marlangreen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I happened across a nifty fix this weekend and thought I'd share it with da
> list.
>
> For those of you with captains chairs have you ever looked under the cloth
> covered pads on the stern rail? The ones you lean against while sitting in
> the captains chairs.
>
> On my boat there is some black foam wrapped around the rail. It looks like
> some sort of pipe insulation. I checked at a couple of hardware stores but
> they only had small diameter stuff. I looked online and saw some stuff on
> air conditioning websites. Hadn't really thought much more about it since
> it wasn't high on my priority list at the moment.
>
> I happened to be in K-Mart walking by the swimming pool accessories (water
> wings, beach balls & etc) and there it was. A noodle!!!! Those long round
> foam tube things you can float with.
>
> The one I found cost $2.50 and it's the exact right diameter to fit on the
> rail and the same overall diameter as the old rotted padding on my boat.
> Using a utility knife I slit the foam tube on one side and put it on the
> rail and used cable ties to hold it on. Then I put the cloth cover back on
> and we're good to go!
>
> Marlan
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