Yup.
That's why I said, what you need in this case is
good boat handling skills. The lad was doing his heroic best.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 05:15 AM 09/03/2013, you wrote:
Doubt 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
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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
<<mailto:jackbren...@bellsouth.net> 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 didnât 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: <mailto:mike.f...@mckesson.com>Fair, Mike
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 12:24 PM
To: <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>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: <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>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"
<<mailto:joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov>joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov > wrote:
I canât see it at work what happens?
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