[Rhodes22-list] Swim Ladder

[elle]

Sounds like a job for 'picture man.'
How about it, John? When time permits, take a few if
you can.

elle


--- John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:

> At 10:30 AM 5/28/2008 -0400, Bill Effros wrote:
> >My swim ladder fell off my boat last week.
> >(OK, so it didn't exactly "fall off", but that's
> another story.)
> >I'm looking at the ends of 4 bolts that seem to be
> glassed into the boat.
> >What's the best way to put the ladder back on?
> 
> Does your boat have the walk-thru stern rail?  My 2
> cents worth: 
> don't put it back on.  On my boat, the stern pulpit
> is not walk-thru, 
> it's clamber over.  With the backstay, traveler,
> backstay adjuster, 
> and stern rail to negotiate, getting in and out via
> swim ladder has 
> always been a gymnastic challenge.   A couple weeks
> ago I just took 
> it off altogether and got one of the "hang over the
> side" models 
> which stows neatly under the cockpit seat.  This has
> been a godsend 
> for guests and the less agile member of my crew.
> 
> That was Part 1 of the stern makeover I'm doing on
> Pandion.  Part 2 
> was installation of a stern anchor hanger for a
> second danforth-style 
> anchor.  Part 3 was adding a small Magma grill to
> the stern rail 
> (since I no longer need to climb over it).  Part 4
> will be 
> installation of two grab rails on the transom, just
> in case somebody 
> needs to get back in the boat and the ladder isn't
> over the side.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> John Lock
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)