Another stanchion story

[John Langford]

Awhile back I mentioned in a posting that I had a gelcoat crack under the furthest aft port stanchion (where the lifelines open) and noted that it looked like I would have to remove the medicine cabinet in the head to get at the nuts and washers.  Since no one mentioned it at the time, let me now affirm that there are no nuts and washers under the medicine cabinet. Both legs of that stanchion base are bolted into glassed in plates. I haven't checked everywhere, but it looks like this is the only stanchion fastened in this manner.

BTW, taking off the medicine cabinet requires only the loosening of the four BIGGEST screws in the back of the cabinet (not all of them) and the release of the wire tie holding down the 110v electrical cable into the outlet in the cabinet. But now that you know about the stanchion, you won't need that information.