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dave andersen
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Initially Posted - 07/09/2009 :  18:50:38  Show Profile


The advice I need is how to board a hobbyhorsing C-25 from a sea level inflatable in a heavy chop.
Is there some way to rig a step to get aboard the boat? Just an intermediate step to get from the water into the cockpit?
It's very awkward to get up those 3 feet from a pitching inflatable.
The SS ladder off the stern is useless.

Just got back from our C-25 on a bouy outside Langley Harbor
on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Some knucklehead tossed out an anchor from his Pearson 26 too close to our bouy and got wrapped around our mooring lines. Getting aboard our boat was a b*tch.

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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 07/09/2009 :  20:17:03  Show Profile
Try a side ladder.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 07/09/2009 :  21:28:22  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Dave,
A Fender Step might help you, they look like this:


We bought one for SL a while back at Fisheries Supply, but ended up taking it back, we just couldn't find a good place to use it on our 250, but maybe you can on your 25.
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Sloop Smitten
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Response Posted - 07/10/2009 :  08:21:34  Show Profile
I use one of these I purchased from West Marine.



Catalina Direct sells one that is very close to OEM with the added bonus of being available if you fall in.
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 07/10/2009 :  08:42:17  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Joe,
What do you "hook" the ladder to? Just the rail or some part of the coaming?
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dave andersen
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Response Posted - 07/10/2009 :  09:58:14  Show Profile
thanks, I am wondering if I can make my own step(s) with
some stout line and 2x6's and then hang it off the forward cockpit
cleat
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 07/10/2009 :  10:09:46  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Edson also makes a cast aluminum step similar to the Fender Step above, just more elegant, with the price tag to match.

I think you could pretty easily make some steps, although I'd choose Ipe instead of 2x6 dimensional lumber. It has much tighter grain which means that it won't split on you at an inopportune time. It also needs no finish and no care, it'll weather to a nice gray like teak, but it's not significantly more expensive than the dimensional stuff you were planning to use. Look for it at places that sell decking, it might be called Brazilian Walnut, Ironwood, but most likely Ipe (EE-pay). The decking guys will know what you're talking about. A single 1x6x8' will make all the steps you need, and shouldn't cost more than $15-$20.

Actually, I just remembered you're in the area, if you ever get over this way (Duvall), I'll help you make the steps, and I've got tons of Ipe to make them from as well as the shop setup. It'll cost you a few beers though.
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dave andersen
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Response Posted - 07/10/2009 :  10:30:46  Show Profile
Thanks for your generous offer, David.
You are a gentleman and a scholar.

I finally order the "Quickstep" from West Marine
29.95 + shipping. adjustable, just wide enough to center
the weight. I'll let you know how it works.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/57052/377+710/
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/10/2009 :  14:14:31  Show Profile
I'm glad you brought this up. I need to buy a hook-over-the-gunwale ladder for emergency use. I have a ladder that hooks to my swim/engine platform, but that would be hard to deploy and, as noted, harder to use in a seaway. I'd hate to try to rescue somebody and find they couldn't get into the boat.

BTW, any ladder with rope sides and steps below the waterline is hard to use--the lower steps swing under the boat when you put weight on them.
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glivs
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Response Posted - 07/11/2009 :  17:30:18  Show Profile
Here's a commercial version of Dave Elliot's idea:
http://shop.catalinaowners.com/detail.htm?fno=20& group=223
Also comes in a single step version. We've used ours for probably 8 years and consider them an essential item...the plastic steps do not mar the topsides and they are easy to stow when we are onboard. Otherwise we leave them at the ready but "in" the cockpit.
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Sloop Smitten
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Response Posted - 07/13/2009 :  08:30:16  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Joe,
What do "hook" the ladder to? Just the rail or some part of the coaming?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I have the latches installed on the coaming forward of the AC outlet and adjacent to the stanchion where the gate hinge is located.
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 07/16/2009 :  11:28:06  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
I have the single step model in plastic. I suspend it from the primary winch. My 72 year old sister-in-law, who loves sailing, can easily get into the boat with it from my zodiac. Be carefull though, it's death on boat graphics.
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