[Jeff_H]

I beleive that most of the deck hardware on the Elite was made by Goiot. They manufactured a toerail/stanchion base/tapered stanchion system that was widely used on French boats. They can be found at:

http://www.goiot.com/us/innovations/generalites.html

They also made a lot of the gear used by Beneteau.So you might try Benteau''s parts dept as wll.

Jeff