Taken out center bar of stern pulpit...?

[mregan]

Brent
I like that look.  Came out really nice.

[Brent Evans]

Thank you! All it took was a hack saw and a drill.  You have to make two cuts on each side of the horizontal bar you're cutting out.  Remove the "joint' both on the top and on the side.  Getting the tee to slip on required a bit of prying but you can get it on.  The new tubes that fit between the tee and the base probably won't slip in without loosening the original bases to each side.  I'm glad I looked carefully at those because neither was bolted from the backside; they were simply screwed in place with stainless screws.  I rebedded and rebolted all 4 bases with ss machine screws with large ss washers and lock nuts.  You'll want to do that too.  Good luck.

[lazybone]

I like the idea of removing the center bar but then I would lose my favorite seat.