Boatmate Handrail Retrofit

[BoBo_Wickersham]

i fell off the steps of my Boatmate trailer last night. battery fell on my arm, had to go to the ER. bad situation.
i need a handrail. has anyone retrofitted one, or, been able to find a solution for stability going up and down the bow steps?

first attachment current configuration. second attachment requested configuration.

[Scooter G]

Sorry to hear, no bueno. Those steps are an accident waiting to happen without a handrail. Sounds like I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. I hate those stairs, but better than nothing I suppose.
I have one in design, but I have a few projects in line ahead of getting to it.
I have the tube stock and flat bar ready to go. I am planning just one side for the rail with 1 x 1 1/2" rectangular tube and a welded angle cut for the rail handle at the top.
I think this will also help when trailering, it's tough to know how far forward you are when slipping on. This will give a good reference point, thinking.
Boat Mate has pre-mixed color coded rattle cans to match the color of the trailer, good quality, spot on.

I know this doesn't help your current cause much. If you know of a weld shop, that would be a "with eyes closed" project for them, don't think it would set you back too much, especially if you could take some measurements and drop off the stairs to them.

On a side note, Boatmate would probably build you a new bolt on set, but I would love to hear the price tag on that. Maybe cheaper than the ER, ay.

[Lockem25]

I am planning to do something like this this offseason for my 2014 trailer. The single step is awful so I may just design all new steps and rails to go up. I dont think the design or fab part of it will be difficult at all. A normal fab shop could easily add some rails to yours with minimal issue minus maybe the seadek needing replaced.

[Scooter G]

I will give them 4 Stars as a great place to hang wet life vests at the end of the day