I'm not convinced a boarding ladder would have helped that dude. If you're going from a dinghy to a pitching boat, do it amidships, time your "leap" for when the boat rolls toward you, grab a stanchion in both hands, and then don't let go!
A ladder for him probably would have only complicated matters. Yeah, I know it's harder than it looks, and I also know it's easy to be an armchair captain, but I do have a fair bit of experience getting aboard big boats that are bouncing around. Cheers, Colin On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Jack Brennan <[email protected]>wrote: > My C&C 25 came with a rope and plastic ladder. For whatever reason, > everyone found it difficult to use, I think because it would curl back > under the hull and didn’t provide firm footing. I changed to a stainless > steel ladder fairly quickly. > > Jack Brennan > Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 > Former C&C 25 > Fort Lauderdale, Fl. > > *From:* Fair, Mike <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, March 08, 2013 12:24 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List A convincing case in favor of boarding ladders > > > Does anyone have any plans that could be used to build a boarding ladder > out of**** > > wood or rope and wood? This has been on my project list for quite a while. > **** > > **** > > -Mike Fair**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of > *Frederick > G Street > *Sent:* Friday, March 08, 2013 11:26 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List A convincing case in favor of boarding ladders*** > * > > **** > > I replied off-list to Joe with a description.**** > > **** > > -- Fred**** > > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V *Oceanis* (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(* > *** > > **** > > On Mar 8, 2013, at 10:15 AM, "Della Barba, Joe" <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > > > **** > > I can’t see it at work – what happens?**** > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > >
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