Need to redo my rails, but what am I looking for?

[JustPhish]

Evening folks, here's a picture of my boat.

The bases for those rails are all rotted out and the hand rails have come right off pretty much. I am going to redo the bases, but I figured I might as well put on new rails as well. But whenever I search for hand rails I get what looks like grip bars. What exactly am I looking for at these vendors online to get new rails?

Thanks,
JP

 

[DuckHunterJon]

Re: Need to redo my rails, but what am I looking for?

If you are talking about the wooden rails, I'd take one off and go to a custom woodworker with dimensions. Teak isn't cheap, but I bet it's cheaper than ordering them new. If you were close by, I'd be happy to take a look at doing it.

 

[JoLin]

Re: Need to redo my rails, but what am I looking for?

Just a thought- the other common thing that has 'rails' are the stairways in a home. You might find ready-made mahogany or other hardwood rail that you'd only need to cut to length. Stain and varnish to suit.