Marquipt Tide Slide Stairs Question and request....

[nyrussell]

Recently bought a used 7 step set and they worked great getting onto the aft deck (a piece of 3/4" plywood helped in front of the window too). However the wonderful boat yahoo's of NY Waterway seem to have snapped a bolt holding one of the flanges in place a lil over a week ago. Can I drill out the bracket enough to use the rod that came with the stairs? If not then do I need to dismantle the wood above the windows in the aft cabin to replace them with a bigger set of holders... And is there a way to use a clear item in front of the stairs where they press on the glass? If Not should i weld a bracket onto the frame to hold a thick piece of stainless/aluminum?

Also, I only got one hand rail and need to find another one any ideas?

Noel

 

[Nonchalant1]

Pictures would help.

These stairs are only intended to use one handrail. Since they frequently are used on the side of a boat going down to a floating dock, you pur the handrail on the side you don't arrive and depart from.

What's pressing against what glass? If it's the angled standoff pressing against a window, then make a bracket for sure. That standoff keeps the stairs level and takes the weight that is put on the outside edge of each stair as you use it.

What "rod" comes with the stairs?

Regards,

Doug

 

[nyrussell]

Doug,

yes it comes with one but it is better with 2 for our purposes. % year olod going up and down it along with wakes... At least until NY Wtareway gets held up a bit in speed.

Yes it is the angled stand off. Will get a picture when the shrink wrap comes off this spring.

There is a rod that goes through the bracket, the flange on the stairs and then over to the other bracket and flange that is too big for my brackets... will measure the rod and take a pic as well in the am.

Noel

 

[Nonchalant1]

Noel,

I believe you may be referring to the pins that fix the attachment flange on the stairs to the bracket on your boat. Those pins are usually simple stainless steel push-pins with a ball bearing detent, available at many marine hardware stores. If the flange hole on the stairs is larger than the holes in the brackets, I would drill out the bracket holes to fit. If not, just find two new pins that are the right size that and attach them with stainless fishing wire so they can't be dropped.

Doug

 

[nyrussell]

Here is the rod that came with the stairs....

 

[Nonchalant1]

Noel,

Did you buy these new? That rod came with them? I have never seen one before even though I have used 3 different 6 step Marquipt "Tide-ride Seastairs". They cost about $1,800 new. Maybe the 7 step are different. They all had 2 pushpins, one on each side, that pushed through the brackets and stair flange holes. The pins were attached to the stairs with heavy monofilament line. If you got these used, maybe a P.O. liked the solid rod, but I'd switch it back to push-pins. A picture of the brackets and holes will help. The kind I am talking about is below.

Doug

 

[nyrussell]

The rod came with the stairs... Might be a good idea with the tossing about we can/do at times get. The rod is larger than the brackets which are under shrinkwrap right now. BTW. i have 4 sets of brackets...

Noel

 

[nyrussell]

The handrail on the other side makes it safe for the kiddies... especially with netting

 

[Canuck Dennis]

You can order new holding brackets from Marquipt, use push pins or pick up st stl threaded rod cut to suit..

 

[nyrussell]

You can order new holding brackets from Marquipt, use push pins or pick up st stl threaded rod cut to suit..

I have brackets... 2 sets per side... see above...

 

[Nonchalant1]

I had 4 sets of brackets too. I'm not sure why a rod would be any better than the original 2 pushpins from Marquipt. All of the tension and torque is taken by the brackets and the flange on the stairs. I would think that Marquipt knows what it is doing.

Doug

 

[eze2bme]

I agree Doug ... plus ... it's infinitely easier to clip-in one push pin at a time as opposed to aligning everything with a rod ... just looks to me like the original owner lost the push-pins and substituted the rod.

 

[Trojan]

I have the same setup with hand rails on eather side. As for brackets I only have 2 brackets per side. I also have a 90deg. leg that is attached to the no 2 step that keeps the steps at the same angle. It will rise, but never go any lower enless I remove the bracket.

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