Mine also. I was walking our dog around the marina one evening a few years ago, when I heard someone calling for help. I walked down onto the dock there was an older guy in the water, he couldn't pull himself out. He was so heavy that I had to get on his boat and lower ladder to the water so that he could climb out. I went back to my boat and tied a line to the ladder.
Richard Davis Skycatcher 1987 38-3 Oxnard, CA On Feb 6, 2014, at 4:04 PM, dwight <dwight...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very true, Mark. I have set mine up for that exact reason as I spend a lot > of hours sitting on my boat with my little dog while she is on the mooring. > I call that being on the water too. > > I have a line attached so that I can pull my stern ladder down. That line > trails just above the water and some sailors thinking it may be > unintentionally there have often warned me about this trailing line. The > ladder won’t stay up on its own but one single wrap of white electrical tape > around it and the top ss rail on the stern pushpit which I am sure I can > break by pulling down on the trailing line if necessary holds it up very well > all season long. > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dr. Mark > Bodnar > Sent: February 6, 2014 7:50 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Climing over the stern rail is a pain > > > One of the first things I added to my Mirage 24 was a extendable stern ladder > - tied it to the stern rail with a line that would allow release from the > water. > During my reading online I came across a couple of cases where people had > died, having fallen off their boat at a mooring (or even at a dock with no > ladder) -- unable to climb back into the boat due to no boarding ladder, cold > and in soaked clothes. > > For sure if the boat is under sail then the ladder is pretty meaningless - > but just sitting still that's a tough climb! > > Mark > > --------------------- > Dr. Mark Bodnar > B.Sc., D.C., FCCOPR(C) > Bedford Chiropractic > --------------------- > > There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. > - George Santayana > On 06/02/2014 7:24 PM, Joel Aronson wrote: >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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