Jim, Yup, I'm screwed. However, if I'm solo chances are I'm never going to catch the boat. I've never timed myself in a pool, but I'm no Michael Phelps, especially with a PFD. I no longer put out my horseshoe when I'm solo. No one to throw it to me! However, I will revisit the bungee in the Spring.
Joel On Thursday, February 6, 2014, Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Excuse me for belaboring this, Joel, I'm not sure you're quite seeing my > point. If you're in the water, having just fallen overboard, how do you get > the ladder down? > > I think this is just as important in the marina as it is out on the chuck, > especially around here where it's cold water year round. > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victoria, BC > > > On 6 February 2014 13:15, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jim, > > Yes it will. I have a line on the ladder to make it easier to pull the > ladder up - but I don't use a dinghy and would only use the ladder for > swimming or MOB retrieval. If I had a dinghy I would do as you do. All a > matter of perspective! > > Joel > 35/3 > Annapolis > > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have never had the ladder fall down, so I just let gravity do the work. > I have a line off the back so you can pull the ladder down from in the > water, I think any physical restraint is going to make that more difficult. > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victoria, BC > > > On 6 February 2014 11:37, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mine is the same. People thread the gate through the ladder to keep the > ladder up. I prefer a bungee. > > Joel > 35/3 > Annapolis > > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here's ours...simple enough to cut the top rail and put in a gate. > Remember to leave the ladder on the outside of the gate so you can pull it > down from the water. Both our C&C's came from the PO with the gate wire > threaded through the ladder, for some inscrutable reason. > > > https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UXUqb120Ihw/Uh9uoRAymRI/AAAAAAAABTs/4SocqvNPCic/w1270-h857-no/storm+riding.jpg > > > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victoria, BC > > > On 6 February 2014 10:48, Dennis Cheuvront <capt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's what I was describing in my earlier reply. Easy to do. Ends caps > with eyes are relatively inexpensive. Just cut the rail leaving a little > stub, insert end cap with eye and make the lifeline gate. Done. > > If you don't have a lower rail and are worried about strength of the > pulpit, you can install one with a couple of rail tees on the vertical > pulpit section and a short section of rail. Would provide a lower rail to > step over. > > Now that I visualize this, I might actually do this on Touche'. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Prime Interest > <primeinter...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Take a look at > > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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