tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458075112175110787.post3169644403659708387..comments2024-02-22T05:34:03.852-05:00Comments on The world encompassed: Reboarder patrolRhyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598445145507204424noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458075112175110787.post-53722766975445021732013-08-03T11:28:59.093-04:002013-08-03T11:28:59.093-04:00Good point. A couple of permanent attachment point...Good point. A couple of permanent attachment points could exist on Alchemy's stern, to which a removable ladder could mount. Same with the gates on either side amidships.<br /><br />Clearly, some thought has to be given to making the boat less easy to board for those who should not be boarding in the first place.<br /><br />Of course, if you were a bright thief...you wouldn't be a thief...but if you had a touch of wit, you could rig your own boarding ladder out of a standard ladder and padded standoff and hooks for stealthiness.<br /><br />Anyway, my heavy duty Dutch doors for the companionway are looking better in light of this discussion, if only because they are a greater visual deterrent than a rectangle of Lexan and a little brass padlock.Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598445145507204424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458075112175110787.post-65894739586331828682013-08-02T19:32:45.750-04:002013-08-02T19:32:45.750-04:00We've found while cruising in "economical...We've found while cruising in "economically stressed" countries that NOT having a convenient way to board your boat while you're ashore or sleeping at anchor is an equally important consideration. We always haul our ladder up on deck whenever leaving the boat and before bed at night. Certainly a determined person can board your boat by climbing up the anchor chain, but why make it convenient with a permanent ladder and swim platform?Silverheels IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458075112175110787.post-60604223487517367092013-08-02T10:42:19.422-04:002013-08-02T10:42:19.422-04:00Thanks, Ken/Lynn. The proximity of the aft lower s...Thanks, Ken/Lynn. The proximity of the aft lower shroud was indeed intentional, as was the midships location. Our particular boats do not improve their looks by hanging a bunch of stuff from their sterns. Like you, I want the shortest possible distance from rail to water.<br /><br />The situation is different, of course, on the "slab-sterned" Alchemy. There, the very nature of the steel stern, the stern width, and the presence of pipe rails and a stern gate (although the vane will get in the way) argues for some sort of robust ladder, maybe even a permanent one. We'll see.<br /><br />As I mentioned backchannel to another reader, the "accordian style" fold-up stern ladder has some merits, if you have the stern to pull it off. I would imagine that a hinge at either end, plus steps that rotated to stay parallel to the water would, in this sort of design, make either a ladder or a Med-style gangplank. That's something I don't think I've seen, but I can visualize how to build or fabricate, which is something I'm coming to accept: that we can't buy the most appropriate solutions.Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598445145507204424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458075112175110787.post-53999446010898621472013-08-01T19:59:23.570-04:002013-08-01T19:59:23.570-04:00Good decision on choosing a midships boarding/swim...Good decision on choosing a midships boarding/swim ladder and the strong installation too. We love our removeable stainledd folding ladder, it's mounted at the midships gate, adjacent to the cap shroud for added convenient and strong handhold when climbing aboard. We routinely kill ourselves trying to clamber up stern mounted ladders on other boats, squeezing past the overbusy transom with windpilot and backstay is a pain. Side mounted ladders rock for frequent swimming here in tropical waters.Silverheels IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458075112175110787.post-44507211139162270992013-08-01T09:35:37.150-04:002013-08-01T09:35:37.150-04:00Yes, I thought that when I tried to use it as a po...Yes, I thought that when I tried to use it as a pogo stick in the store. Itlies flat down to about four inches, and so gets pushed into the lazarette like some sort of mop handle or baby danbuoy.<br /><br />I'll update with a field-test report...and thanks for the cool photo of the clever idea, David O-J!Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598445145507204424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458075112175110787.post-71443796237828775692013-08-01T04:48:08.142-04:002013-08-01T04:48:08.142-04:00I have never seen a ladder that folds sideways bef...I have never seen a ladder that folds sideways before - looks really robust.<br /><br />That idea about the flat fender gets better every time I see it!.......and use it :-)David Old Jerseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458075112175110787.post-56381530391494760612013-07-31T22:53:32.791-04:002013-07-31T22:53:32.791-04:00Thanks, John. I've been busy keeping larder fu...Thanks, John. I've been busy keeping larder full and roof intact this month, but now that it's cooling off again, I expect to return to the necessary steel boat work. Besides, I expect the fellow with whom I'm sharing dock costs on the plastic boat to take it down the lake for a couple of weeks...which helps to defer temptation for me. My only other sailboat is my nesting dinghy, a non-impressive 10-footer, although fully rigged.Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598445145507204424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458075112175110787.post-28932988948893743642013-07-31T22:51:04.985-04:002013-07-31T22:51:04.985-04:00Thank you, Gerry. I can try, but the ladder is com...Thank you, Gerry. I can try, but the ladder is completely bereft of identification apart from official-looking safety stickers.<br /><br />Weirdly, my Google-Fu is powerless to source any sort of image or reference to "vertically folding aluminum boarding ladder". I got no returns that matched this weird and yet appropriate thing.<br /><br />But in the proper spirit, I will continue to try.Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598445145507204424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458075112175110787.post-28588018425031703442013-07-31T20:10:07.587-04:002013-07-31T20:10:07.587-04:00Great find. Any chance you can locate the supplie...Great find. Any chance you can locate the supplier / manufacture via the store records.<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />GerryThe Incredible Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01526916576383325077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458075112175110787.post-4327129609643527512013-07-31T17:26:49.926-04:002013-07-31T17:26:49.926-04:00Delighted to see another great post.
Proper job,...Delighted to see another great post. <br /><br />Proper job, that new ladder and her fittings, Gov'nor.<br /><br />By the way, having nothing interesting to say only stops a handful of authors and bloggers. You are part of that elite minority.Johnnoreply@blogger.com