boarding ladders
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Fish Assassin
Crew Member
Make sure that when it is deployed its easy to use. What I mean is lots of them if you ever tried to use them they are a pain in the butt to get into the boat with. So if its going to flip off the back of the pod have it like a step. Have a usable angle to it and a grab bar in a usable area to give you a hand getting out of the water.
All you need is one footing/step and a good grab bar.
All you need is one footing/step and a good grab bar.
casper5280
Crew Member
If the boat is on a trailer that you can use it to get in and out of is easy. I perfer the folding ones. As FA says good grab handles.
Sculpin
Well-Known Member
Like others have posted. A good grab handle is a must. I like the flip up tree ladder style you see quite a bit on alloy boats. I have some pic's somewhere in my folders of a few that I have saved over the years. I am still searching for them. If I find them I will post them up so you can get some idea's. It's all in the mount/hinge piece and apparently needs to be quite beefy or cracking can occur. I need to do the same thing in the next few weeks.
Cheers,
John
Cheers,
John
Sculpin
Well-Known Member
Here are a few shots I grabbed off the AAB forum for you. It show's the hing/mount quite good on one of them and the tree style ladder I was talking about.
Not so good of a shot but a nice simple single step ladder off to the right of the picture.
Hope these give you some idea's. If you search the cookie cutter boat sites light Weldcraft, Thunderjet, etc. they sometimes have photos of their ladder's which are similar to the ones I posted. Lifetimer and alot of Island builders use the same system and some of them are pretty beefy. My understanding is that divers with all their gear on etc. need them beefed up due to cracking at the mount or bending the main stem pipe of the tree ladder etc.
Cheers,
Sculpin
Not so good of a shot but a nice simple single step ladder off to the right of the picture.
Hope these give you some idea's. If you search the cookie cutter boat sites light Weldcraft, Thunderjet, etc. they sometimes have photos of their ladder's which are similar to the ones I posted. Lifetimer and alot of Island builders use the same system and some of them are pretty beefy. My understanding is that divers with all their gear on etc. need them beefed up due to cracking at the mount or bending the main stem pipe of the tree ladder etc.
Cheers,
Sculpin
casper5280
Crew Member
That second one is great plus the grab handle right on the swim grid is nice. The only thing about those ones is they stick up in the way all the time, But great if you were using it for diving. I prefer the ones that fold flat on to the swim grid.
Sculpin
Well-Known Member
I'm not sure but it does look like the first one sticks up. I do know that the one in the third photo flips all the way over and lays flat on the swim grid. That's what I'm going for shortly. I agree that if it sticks up it is probably quite irritating!
Fish Assassin
Crew Member
I like the second one as well... See the grab handle on the transom? Ever seen the gay handle some poeple have mounted on the swim grid? How would you use it?
hooktender68
Well-Known Member
Interesting design modification to that pod in the last picture! Wondering what would warrant that? Buoyancy?
Sculpin
Well-Known Member
It's goatram's boat from the Bloody Decks site. I think it was for some buoyancy and to help stop the porpoising that was occuring if I recall.
The thing I like about his ladder in the third picture is that it is furthest away from the prop.
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searun
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Try this link....lots of off the shelf options...I have had both the fixed version that drops into the slot and the telescopic fold down version. Both are fine.
http://www.starmarinedepot.com/sear...dder&x=0&y=0&gclid=CO-BiPLbxK0CFQlwhwod2xaEAA
http://www.starmarinedepot.com/sear...dder&x=0&y=0&gclid=CO-BiPLbxK0CFQlwhwod2xaEAA
