On Dec 26, 4:07*pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:30:41 -0800 (PST), Tim penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:





Man I wish this wouldn't have happened. I was upstairs in my
warehouse, and was moving around some "stuff" when I bumped into a
heavy, but empty 55 gallon metal drum, and sure enough it came right
down on *my Marquis cuddy. *This isn't any ordinary drum, it's one
that meets Int'l shipping standards, so the guage is much thicker so
it's heavier, *and even though it didn't fall very far approx 5 ft,
well.....no damage done to the boat, but the nice aluminum rail that
wraps around the bow has a nice big dent in it and one of the mounts
is broken. Anybody know where I can get a reasonable repair for it? or
should I just take the whole thing off and not worry about it that is,
seeing it's purely cosmetic . it looks to me like it's probably one
piece of pipe that was custom bent with the hardware slid onto it in
the appropriate places to be mounted, and looks to me like a real
hassle to repair it, rather than see about getting a new one formed,
then again, that might be a bigger hassle yet. It looked cool, but
otherwise had no function. I think as i write this I'm thinking on
just doing away with it and replacing the hardware with rope cleats.
But anyhow, the boat is a '77 and Marquis has changed so many hands, I
doubt if ordering one from Marquis is even in the picture. does
anybody know where I might find one? If not... off it comes.

THANKS!

Sounds to me like West Marine....http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...l.asp?page=554

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"....If you're replacing a bend in your tube, it is recommended you
take your broken tube along with the new tube and fittings to a local
Marine Bimini Top Professional, Electrician or Plumber. They have the
bending equipment to ensure the right bend for you. Bends must be made
with the fittings in place. ..."

Now that's an idea! I know a couple really quality plumbers, I'll see
when they have a local job and ask them to survey the situation.

Thanks, Gene.