LIFE LINE STANCHION SPECS
From MURRE, M31,
Note: What follows is detail of Murres life line stanchion layout as it is today. All materials are, I believe, original to the boat as is positioning. Measurements taken use the inboard bevel of the toe rail at the bow of the boat as the starting point and progress from the center of one stanchion base to the center of the next. They were taken w/a carpenters folding ruler which fitted nicely to the contour of the rail between stanchions. All measurements were left in inches, just as they were on the ruler, leaving conversion to feet, inches and eights to the more mathematically inclined.
STANCHION PLACEMENT ALONG THE DECK
PORT side pulpit base (PP) = 11 back from inside bevel of toe rail
First port side (P1) stanchion base = 64 Ύ from inside bevel of toe rail
Second port side (P2) stanchion base = 106 from P1
Third port side (P3) stanchion base = 53 from P2
Forth port side (P4) stanchion base = not re-installed after deck job, but if memory serves, it was just forward of the mizzen upper.
STARBOARD side pulpit base = PP
S1 = P1
S2 = 120 ½ from S1
S3 = 65 ½ from S2
S4 = 25 Ύ from S3
(S3 and S4 form a gate joined by a single life line with pelican hook, which is why they are so close together)
STERN RAIL STANCHION BASES: not measured
BOW PULPIT STANCHION BASE DIMENSIONS
Width: 3
Depth: 3
Back plate height: 2 ½ (this is the flange on the base that fastens to the toe rail)
Plate thickness: 3/16
Material: SS
Pipe Fitting size: to take 1 OD SS stanchion
LIFE LINE STANCHION BASE DIMENSIONS (all except S3 and S4)
Width: 2 9/16 (but you can call it 2 ½)
Depth: 2 ½
Back plate height: 1 Ό
Plate thickness: 3/16
Material: Bronze
Pipe Fitting height: 2/12 from base top
Pipe Fitting size: to take 1 OD stanchion
LIFE LINE STANCHION BASE DIMENSIONS for S3 and S4
Width: 3 ½
Depth: 4
Plate thickness: Ό
Material: Bronze
Pipe Fitting data: same
Note: there is not flange backing this plate into the toe rail
LIFE LINE STANCHION DIMENSIONS
Height: 24 from top of stanchion base
On top is a 1 ½ bronze knob to take the life line
Stanchion is 1 OD SS