D oubt a boarding ladder would stay together, dunking for hours in those seas. Probably rip itself loose and float away. The sailboat looks like a heavy displacement 50 footer and the seas to roll that big a boat look to be 6 feet or better with high winds. Touching the inflatable against the hull could flip it, as the bigger boat rolls so violently.
I wouldn't want to have to climb aboard and definitely wouldn't want to stay aboard as it's got to be a mess inside, and you could get banged up easily. Boarding ladders are essential equipment on any boat Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ & Melody" <russ...@telus.net> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 12:20:21 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List A convincing case in favor of boarding ladders I'm with you Colin. Amidships with timing or for chickens, at the stern where the relative water level remains remarkably constant on a well designed boat. It looks to me like the biggest problem here was poor boatmanship. One of the things a d'flatable does really well is to act like a tug boat. Push the bow into the topsides amidships and give the lad a stable platform for two seconds so he can leap & glory, especially if timed with contact at the trough.. Don't bring the rubber duck alongside in that crap. At least the water is warm. Cheers, Russ Sweet 35-1 At 10:10 AM 08/03/2013, you wrote: 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 < jackbren...@bellsouth.net > 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 Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 12:24 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com 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:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com ] On Behalf Of Frederick G Street Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 11:26 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com 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" < joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov > wrote: I can’t see it at work – what happens? _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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