Who made the grab rails on the bolsters on a 33???
01-15-2010, 08:02 AM
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I believe the older ones were made in Europe. Are yours the rectangular style with round ends?
01-15-2010, 12:32 PM
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Don't have any annymore but Apache used them also. Might want to post in their forum also or get ahold of Bobby Saccenti he could probably put you on to something.
01-16-2010, 03:42 PM
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PP "Euro" Deck Hardware...
Its no longer available. Originally imported from Italy for us, by the owner of Florida Marine Tanks, in Hialeah, Florida...Vincent DiRosa, in the 80's, up until about 1995., when inventory became sparse. Ben Kramers Apache's offered them as an option in the 80's. We offered them as an option as well. They were rather expensive, but some customers insisted on them. I then contracted a machine shop to fabricate them, which did'nt make them quite as nice as the Italian version, but were acceptable. We stopped offering them in the later years of production, say, from 1999 & up. At one time, in the later years@PP, Bomar Marine was offering them for the larger SeaRay's, and I bought some from them(Bomar). I believe they also discontinued making them. There are companies that manufacture grabrails that are simular...but not the same, as the best quality & design versions originally from Italy.
02-14-2011, 08:26 AM
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Its no longer available. Originally imported from Italy for us, by the owner of Florida Marine Tanks, in Hialeah, Florida...Vincent DiRosa, in the 80's, up until about 1995., when inventory became sparse. Ben Kramers Apache's offered them as an option in the 80's. We offered them as an option as well. They were rather expensive, but some customers insisted on them. I then contracted a machine shop to fabricate them, which did'nt make them quite as nice as the Italian version, but were acceptable. We stopped offering them in the later years of production, say, from 1999 & up. At one time, in the later years@PP, Bomar Marine was offering them for the larger SeaRay's, and I bought some from them(Bomar). I believe they also discontinued making them. There are companies that manufacture grabrails that are simular...but not the same, as the best quality & design versions originally from Italy.
02-14-2011, 09:09 AM
#9
Mine is a 2000. You can see one of them in this picture. The original owner who built the boat even had the boats name screened onto the grab rails. They come in real handy. The people standing in the back always hold onto them. Great idea!
