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looking for information on how to remove the port side bow hand rail as it was damaged during the storm.....it appears to have seems but i am not sure how it was assembled and hopefully don't have to remove the whole forward rail to get it fixed as a new support bar needs to be welded and potentially have the rest bent back to its original form.
thanks for any input.

Kip

years ago we had a side rail collapse. we were in bahamas and i thought it would be a case of "toughing it out" until we returned to the us. a local suggested that we talk to the local welder, which i did. he said if we could loosen the rail enough to get a sleeve in it would make it easier. we did that and the weld job is seamless.

i can't tell you how to get things apart but if you get the right welder you'll never know it was damaged.

good luck.

after looking at the picture more closely, you can get at the backing on the portside side stanchion from inside the bow locker. a marine welder will be able to fabricate a new bow curve and butt weld into the existing bow rail. some straightening will probably be required but imho doable.