New Stanchion

When the topic of safety lines comes up you ever notice that large unsupported space between the first and second stanchion on a P35?

The two white safety lines bow in and rub on the standing rigging seen in the pictures below. I set out to provide some additional support of the lines while reducing wear and tare. My approach was to install two additional stanchions on the P&S about equal distance between the first and second stanchions.

After working out a location, I looked below to see what problems this would cause my life in drilling eight new holes in the deck!

The starboard side location was inside of the small cabinet at the foot of the captain’s bunk. The port side access was behind the sliding Plexiglas doors over the toilet.

The distance worked out about 71 inches from the first bow stanchion and ~ 2” from the toe rail. The final location (± 1")was really driven by where the holes would fall and how well the backing plate could be secured from below.

The two stanchions tubes and two “line nuts,” were obtained from . The base came from and turned out to be 3 ½” x 2 ¾” with 1.0” I.D. tube holder. This was the closest I could come to the look of the original Pearson bases.

I was all ready to put together an epoxy mix to seal up the core under the deck but to my surprise it was all solid fiberglass.

I measured and cut out some gasket material (not sure why I did this but Pearson did originally). I assembled it in place and did a fit check. I laid down a silicone outline in order to bed down the gasket and base. Next I assembled everything but left the screws loose for a day or two in order to retain the form of the silicone ring.