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Anyone have the Super Sport railing on their 13'?
HarleyFXDL	#1  Posted on 04/30/10 - 5:32 PM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	I have a few questions regarding the Super Sport railing on the 13'. I received the railing in pieces when I bought the boat and I think I'm missing a couple of pieces. There are three upright rails on each side that anchor to the gunnel. My question is the middle upright rail, what is on the bottom of the rail? There is a loop that slides on the rail and anchors in the middle of the rail to the gunnel, but I have no idea what goes on the bottom of this rail. Any help would be appreciated. Edited by HarleyFXDL on 04/30/10 - 5:33 PM Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."
Joe Kriz	#2  Posted on 04/30/10 - 5:38 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11432 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	When in doubt, take a look through the members personal pages. There are quite a few 13' Super Sport models shown there. Here is one that may be helpful. http://www.whalercentral.com/infusion...r_id=10045
HarleyFXDL	#3  Posted on 04/30/10 - 5:40 PM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	I've combed throught the pages, but there is no close up pic of the location in question. Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."
Joe Kriz	#4  Posted on 04/30/10 - 5:44 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11432 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	Funny, I see the fittings in the bottom of the railing. The bow shot shows a nice photo of that piece and they are the same as the other uprights. Are any of these similar to what you are looking for? http://www.specialtymarine.com/Rail-F...ttings-c4/ Edited by Joe Kriz on 04/30/10 - 5:46 PM
HarleyFXDL	#5  Posted on 04/30/10 - 5:56 PM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	The second vertical railing from the front doesn't show any horizontal "tabs" to insert screws into. Edited by HarleyFXDL on 04/30/10 - 6:16 PM Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."
HarleyFXDL	#6  Posted on 05/01/10 - 4:08 PM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	A memeber sent me some pics of his Super Sport and in the picture it clearly shows the vertical railing screwed to the gunnel, no stanchion. This would validate the opposing holes at the bottom of the railing. Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."
Joe Kriz	#7  Posted on 05/01/10 - 4:10 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11432 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	I have No idea what you are talking about.
HarleyFXDL	#8  Posted on 05/01/10 - 4:12 PM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	I will send you a pic Joe. Wow! All of this to find out a simple screw is all that secures the bottom of the railing! Edited by HarleyFXDL on 05/01/10 - 6:01 PM Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."
Joe Kriz	#9  Posted on 05/01/10 - 6:05 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11432 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	That doesn't look right to me. The front upright and the rear upright both have a fitting in the bottom of the rail as you can see in the first link I gave above. This photo just doesn't look like it was supposed to be this way but I haven't looked that closely at a Super Sport model before. This is the photo that Harley sent me and it does show a standoff but not a rail base fitting. Again, I do not believe this to be correct. Joe Kriz attached the following image: [39.46Kb] Edited by Joe Kriz on 05/01/10 - 7:12 PM
arthureld	#10  Posted on 05/01/10 - 6:25 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 735 Comments: 7 Joined: 02/15/07	HarleyFXDL had sent me a PM about rails on a 13 footer and I mentioned that when we were serching around for rails, that I thought the super sport rails looked nicer than the regular 13 rails. I was thinking something like this looked good. http://www.specialtymarine.com/Boston...-p103.html [img]https://www1.corecommerce.com/~specialtymar950/images/products/413.jpg[/img] Photo Credit: Specialty Marine Edited by Joe Kriz on 05/01/10 - 6:53 PM
Joe Kriz	#11  Posted on 05/01/10 - 6:32 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11432 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	Harley, You might also look at the wood locating diagram for these 13' models. From what I see, there is NO wood when screwing this in as shown. The wood is on the bottom and the screws should go down and into the wood. arthureld, Every base of the railing you show above has a fitting like it should have. http://www.specialtymarine.com/Boston...-p103.html Edited by Joe Kriz on 05/01/10 - 6:43 PM
John Fyke	#12  Posted on 05/01/10 - 6:57 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1307 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/06/06	It really isn't that difficult. All the supports on the gunuells are the same. I don't get it.
HarleyFXDL	#13  Posted on 05/02/10 - 7:01 AM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	The pic is from a guy who has an original super sport. If anything has been changed I do not know. But there is an indentations at the bottom where the screw would go which would indicate this might have been the intended purpose. None of the other vertical railings have the opposing holes with indentations and the bottom stanchion would not be able to slide inside the down tube because of the indentations. If you look where the vertical tube ends, according to the wood plan, there would be no wood to anchor a stanchion into. The wood should be where the screw is going into. It is not my purpose to confuse anyone but to properly install the railing and to help anyone else who might encounter the same problem. Edited by HarleyFXDL on 05/02/10 - 7:27 AM Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."