My aft rail had been removed and rebedded a few years ago.  Even so the port rail had taken a good amount of stress and had cracked the fiberglass at the base.

As a fix, I installed 1/2 pipe about 5" long as a backing plate below, which fits nicely into the groove.  Very solid now.  After getting all of the stantions done and rebedded.  I noticed that the starboard stantion was cracked almost all the way through and had to take the entire thing off.  

Oh well, it will be very solid when it is done.

Bob

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Originally posted by sfisher
 Have not seen or heard of this on other boats.  Anyone else got this ?

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Yes.  My boat has the rubber gaskets under each stanchion base.