CONTINUOUSWAVE

What is a recommended source for a railing for a 1983 SUPER SPORT 15?

Check with CMI, the [OEM] of rail components for many models of Boston Whalers.

They are listed on the OEM vendor page:
http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/OEM.html#railings

https://www.cmimarineproducts.com

Thanks -I have sent an email to CMI.

RDL---please follow-up to let readers know what you found from contact with CMI about the availability of replacement railings.

I bought bow rails from Specialty Marine [for an unspecified boat]. The rails were very good quality.

Shhhh....don't let Phil hear you say that something from Specialty was good quality ;)

I have not heard back [from CMI] as of yet.

I have looked everywhere [for replacement railings].

Specialty Marine seems to have the best price for [replacement railings for a 1983 SUPER SPORT 15].

I have spoken with a local place (in Toronto), and they would have to manufacture a railing. It ends up being much more expensive even with [factoring in the favorable rate for currency] exchange [of US to Canadian money].

ASIDE: Stay Safe everyone. We up north of the border are in the same situation as everyone in the USA. Our boat ramps are not open either.

Best--Rich

What's wrong with Specialty Marine rails?

I have used [rails from Specialty Marine] for my Sport 15 boat, and it's been ten years in salt water and no problems. I have been very satisfied.

RD--Are the original rails damaged?

Or, are you going for a different style?

If the rails are damaged, they should be easy and cheap to repair.

RDLavery wrote:I have not heard back [from CMI] as of yet

In many states all workplaces are shut down due to government orders unless critical for health and welfare, so I imagine that stainless steel boat railing manufacturing is probably not going to be deemed critical and allowed to be open for business. CMI may be closed at this time. Even if they are open, you just emailed them on a Friday and posted that you didn't hear anything on Monday. An expectation of immediate reply to an email may not be allowing enough time considering the circumstances of the business probably being shut down.

Not every business is responsive to electronic communication, aka email.

When Fred Caldwell worked there, email was highly frowned upon.

Call CMI directly.

I am just wanting to put the full wrap around on the 15ft for safelty as my Daughter and wife will suing it mostly to get around the lake. My current 15ft which I just got, and am restoring does not have one. I will most likely will order from Specialty Marine; goo to hear that there has been success with their railings.. RL

RDL--thanks for letting us know the reason you want to find a vendor that sells replacement railings.

Thanks for letting us know that in the future you may buy replacement railings from a particular vendor.

It would be very useful to have information from you AFTER you buy replacement railing from a particular vendor and AFTER you install replacement railings from a particular vendor. You could post a new article in REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS to inform readers about your restoration and how it worked out.

I have found that posting notices of things you plan to do in the future often never results in any information about anything actually done. I have done this, myself. I mention that in the future I plan to do some project with my boat, and then I read that article five years later and laugh because I never got around to actually accomplishing the thing I said I was planning to do.

To write about projects you have already done and successfully completed is more interesting than to write about projects you think you might do in the future.