Not cheap and designed to fit nicely on a Cape Dory toerail, these Spartan Marine beauties might solve a lot of problems such as the spring line rubbing against a stantion or worse a foot injury from an awkward-placed cleat on the sidedeck. I do not know how they might fit on the glass toerail on the Ariel, but my friend has them on his CD-27 and they are SWEET! The last thing I want is a speed bump to the foredeck.
Those are gorgeous! They'd look lovely on Ebb's new toe rails!
This location works just fine for me. It's out of the walkway and I really like having the mid-ship cleats.
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
Here's another view. You can see the cleat is tucked between the stanchion base and the chainplate, so toes are never really subjected to the pointy ends. Fortunately, a PO installed it so I never had to think about where to put it...
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
I love the companionway and forward hatch on #414 covered with strips of wood. Did you do that or the PO? Teak or Mahogany? Mechanically fastened or adhered? I think I just added another project to my list. That brings the number up to about 1851 so far...
BTW-Delivery of A-24 to my house should be within a week. Then I'm going to go post-happy.
Thanks Tim. I'd like to take credit, but that is one on many nice touches a PO added when restoring her a few years back. They are teak veneer (I think) that has been adhered. Not something I would have thought of doing, but I really like the look. All I get credit for so far is cutting up the decks...
Happy delivery!
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
That there midrail cleat toe-knocker does look out of the way there.
Those nice Sparten bronze combos are sweet Herreschoff like fittins aren't they? The photo showing one in a rail is interesting because it is not dapped in all the way as in would normally be - and it looks just fine, doesn't it? I'd grind the ends rounded.
The Ariel molded toe rail is 1 1/2" high off the deck. I can't see any reason why those Spartens couldn't be installed IN the toerail. You'd have to be a contortionist to do it with out removing original shelves inside. But there isn't much special about them! They're only 1960's A/C plywood.
How deep are the Spartens under the end flanges? That's the key.
Another little clitch is the 1/2 round s.s. seam trim. I suppose if it's not glued on by now you could loosen screws and push 'rubrail' down the little bit required for the toerail surgery - maybe.
You'd probably CUT THE TOE RAIL to fit with the those flanges sitting on the rail. Then you'd prep the inside, now that you can see, by packing the cove with glass a good distance up and down from the opening. Just imagining here:
Then you'd set about filling the hole under the fitting and building it up to some thickness. Probably have to do some crafty sculpting to make the fitting look factory. But that's what epoxy is good at. Might think about over sizing the bolts, too. Could give the installation good strength with some over-building just in case that fititng gets some sparten tugging on it!
Just the bolts alone will make you gasp. What do those cleat/chocks go for these days?? Look heavy.
Wouldn't they look fantastic?
Last edited by ebb; 03-05-2007 at 07:27 AM.
One Spartan mid-rail cleat = $120 Burnished or $150 polished.
Small price to pay to have the sexiest toerails in the harbor.
Here is a link to the CD forum where installation was discussed.
http://www.capedory.org/board/viewto...=midship+cleat
Here is a link to the Spartan Marine catalog. Prepare to drool and before you click on the link, hide your credit cards...
http://www.spartanmarine.com/
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