I got steps from ATF and work just fine. the are SS and have a teak step.
Yanni -------------------------------------------------- From: "Rufus Laggren" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 9:21 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] ISO Pace-Edwards Mast Steps > > Skip > > Don't know the particulars of the "step" so the following may be way > off or you may have gone there already... > > I sounds like the steps could be fabricated from aluminum tube, mandrel > bend and flattened at the ends for attachment. The "platform" might be > a plate welded onto the tube. That's just a quick and dirty impression. > If you checked in at > > www.weldingweb.com or > http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/communities/mboard/ or > http://www.hobartwelders.com/weldtalk/ or > www.practicalmachinist.com > > or likely other trades oriented sites, they could probably give you a > pretty good review of your options. Sure seems like something that > could be fabbed up at something like a reasonable cost. > > > Cheers, Rufus > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Flying Pig <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, Oct 4, 2010 3:01 pm > Subject: [Liveaboard] ISO Pace-Edwards Mast Steps > > > ISO Pace-Edwards Mast Steps > > So, Sasquatch, here. > > My feet are way bigger than would be comfortable on the usual mast step. > One which is ideal, but no longer made, is Pace-Edwards. I first started > this > search about 4 years ago, and having seen someone else' boat with them > has > prompted me to take keyboard in hand again. > > Googling, finding, then calling and talking with the factory reveals > that > they have not made them for many years (and this started 4 years ago!). > There seemed to be some interest in selling their tooling, so that > someone > might address that niche market, but they've never followed up with me > despite many mails and calls. > > Surely, someone/some joint, somewhere, has NOS, or perhaps, even, some > salvaged ones. I only need a single step, unless someone had about 20 of > them. That's Pace-Edwards, Made In USA, stamped on the foot area side > "wings > (what makes them more comfy; it's wider by far than the standard mast > step). > > What makes these so good (for me) is a very large foot enclosure and > base, > and rounded sides, kinder on the hands and feet when banged against or > pulled on as you go from one to the next. None I've seen of what's > available > currently meet those standards. > > In the long shot that someone knows of a potential source for these, or > ones > meeting the same standards (footrest area 2x5.5 [footrest] x9 [height > from > footrest to top]" inside measure, anodized aluminum or better), I'd very > much like to know about it. We want to get mast steps, but not something > which will be uncomfortable to climb or stand on for an extended period. > > ?? > > Thanks. > > L8R > > Skip, currently in the Bahamas, but will be stateside in April for a > wedding, and guests arriving before then... > > Morgan 461 #2 > SV Flying Pig KI4MPC > See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery! > Follow us at http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog and/or > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog > > "Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely > nothing-half so > much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing > about in > boats-or *with* boats. > In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. 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