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Q1: how are the [vertical] stanchions [mounting bases on the bow railing of a REVENGE 22 Walk-Through boat] attached [to the foredeck]?

Q2: did [Boston Whaler in their assembly of this 1988 REVENGE 22 W-T boat] use a nut and bolt [to fasten the bow railing stanchion bases to the foredeck]?

Q3: or, are the [bow railing stanchion bases on a 1988 REVENGE 22 W-T] screwed into the [fore]deck?


BACKSTORY, I want to remove the bow railings on my 1988 Revenge 22 W-T for repairs because the previous owner did a crappy job caulking around the stanchions. [And the reason] I am asking is because I don’t want to remove the cuddy-cabin ceiling liner [to find out how the stanchion bases are fastened to the foredeck].

Jcomeau0 wrote:Q1: how are the [vertical] stanchions [mounting bases on the bow railing of a REVENGE 22 Walk-Through boat] attached [to the foredeck]?

As a fellow owner of a REVENGE 22 W-T, I understand your question. But I do not have an answer. However, I have a suggestion: if the bow railing stanchion mounting bases were attached with a machine screw and a nut, you would probably be able to feel the bumps created by the nuts in the headliner of the cabin. I have not investigated that theory.

The typical method that Boston Whaler has used to fasten the mounting base of a railing stanchion has been to use a self-tapping screw that is going into wood reinforcement below the laminate. On that basis, you could reasonably conclude that same method would be used to attach the bow railing on a REVENGE 22.

But that said, in some cases a machine screw could be used and the underlying reinforcement material would be a phenolic board or even aluminum plate, which would be pre-threaded to receive the machine screws. I think the only place I can recall hearing about embedded aluminum with pre-threaded holes was for holding a bow pulpit. But you could, in theory, remove the machine screw and re-install it later without much trouble, as the reinforcement material would be adhered in place.

Generally in my experience the only hardware attached to the deck that would be through-bolted would be cleats to be used for mooring lines.

Yes, I know you are a bit anxious to just unthread a fastener and then discover it is a machine screw and the associated nut has been dropped into some inaccessible place.

Maybe someone has tried this and can tell both of us what was found.

[Another fellow on another website] said the [REVENGE 22 W-T bow railing] bases were just screwed into the core.

He was correct.

Jcomeau0 wrote:[Another fellow on another website] said the [REVENGE 22 W-T bow railing stanchion] bases were just screwed into the core.

He was correct.

I infer from that comment you must have removed the screws holding the stanchion bases to the deck, and you found they were self-tapping screws and not machine screws. Good information to know.

JimH, you are correct. They are just screwed into the deck.