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For getting out of the water on to your boat.

Which is the one that suits you best?

I have a Corsair F-27 and need a way to get aboard after a swim.

Have a two step plastic and metal one which is absolute unadulterated rubbish.

Ideally a removable one, needs to not curl under the hull.

Suggestions (from F-27 owners especially) ?
 
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Look at the Lazilas alloy folders ...... I have one - it has stand offs to keep it off the hull and the top is curved to give high hand hold ... with the ends locking into deck keyhole plates.

I have the 5 step and that is not so easy to get onto first step on my 25ftr. so I actually do not use the keyhole plates ... I hook it over the toerail and that gives me the extra depth needed. My 25ftr is quite high freeboard so should work for you ...

Lalizas Boarding Ladder

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Nigel
 
I don't think anyone makes off-the-shelf boarding ladders that are of any use at all. To climb the ladder with any ease, you need at least two steps below the waterline that, as you say, won't curl under the hull. Therefore it has to be rigid - either one piece or hinged (the right way). I had a fixed hinged 5-step ladder that only had one step under water and I had it modified by a fabricator to add an extra step.
 
Aeolus said:
I don't think anyone makes off-the-shelf boarding ladders that are of any use at all. To climb the ladder with any ease, you need at least two steps below the waterline that, as you say, won't curl under the hull. Therefore it has to be rigid - either one piece or hinged (the right way). I had a fixed hinged 5-step ladder that only had one step under water and I had it modified by a fabricator to add an extra step.
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Hu mm tend to agree with you : I have difficulty in boarding any Boat from a Dinghy , l3et alone from the water itself @ MY real difficulty is I lack main body strength , so s HGH handhold is important so that I can PULL myself aboard as well as climbing with my legs

Want I am looking for is a Ridigid Boarding ladder with extra height Hand Holds that extend about 1 - 2 m above the Boat sides : I fitted a short Signal /lighting mast to a 16ft open launch that I had , about 7ft tall , it was excellent as it provided that extra leverage to me getting off the top rung on the ladder ; plus it gave me something to hold onto when afloat to steady myself

Yes Boarding from in the water is a real concern to me
 
You really don't want a removable ladder. Just one more thing to store on a boat with limited space. I had one on my Stiletto 27. It worked well, but I hated the take-off-and-store process, and the room it took.

You can find or make a narrow transom ladder. I built one from aluminum square tube for my Stiletto 27 (see Corsair forum, where you also posted).
 
thinwater said:
You really don't want a removable ladder. Just one more thing to store on a boat with limited space. I had one on my Stiletto 27. It worked well, but I hated the take-off-and-store process, and the room it took.

You can find or make a narrow transom ladder. I built one from aluminum square tube for my Stiletto 27 (see Corsair forum, where you also posted).
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The danger with a transom ladder comes if the boat is pitching and the ladder is doing its best to beat your head in.
 
Poignard said:
The danger with a transom ladder comes if the boat is pitching and the ladder is doing its best to beat your head in.
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Yes ...

... but the OP has an F-27, I have an F-24, I had a Stiletto 27, and I understand his application. I should add that the Stiletto came with a good quality removable ladder on the beam, with built in mounting points, and it was a pain. I understand that option for the OP's boat.

An important difference is that light multihulls move differently from monohulls. This typically is not a big problem.

I made a special narrow one (~ 8") for my Stiletto from 1" aluminum square tube with 1.5" rungs, extendeding 26 inches into the water. Very comfortable.
 
thinwater said:
Yes ...

... but the OP has an F-27, I have an F-24, I had a Stiletto 27, and I understand his application. I should add that the Stiletto came with a good quality removable ladder on the beam, with built in mounting points, and it was a pain. I understand that option for the OP's boat.

An important difference is that light multihulls move differently from monohulls. This typically is not a big problem.

I made a special narrow one (~ 8") for my Stiletto from 1" aluminum square tube with 1.5" rungs, extendeding 26 inches into the water. Very comfortable.
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I beg your pardon, I didn't know that a Corsair F-27 was a trimaran.
 
Capt Popeye said:
Hu mm tend to agree with you : I have difficulty in boarding any Boat from a Dinghy , l3et alone from the water itself @ MY real difficulty is I lack main body strength , so s HGH handhold is important so that I can PULL myself aboard as well as climbing with my legs

Want I am looking for is a Ridigid Boarding ladder with extra height Hand Holds that extend about 1 - 2 m above the Boat sides : I fitted a short Signal /lighting mast to a 16ft open launch that I had , about 7ft tall , it was excellent as it provided that extra leverage to me getting off the top rung on the ladder ; plus it gave me something to hold onto when afloat to steady myself

Yes Boarding from in the water is a real concern to me
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I agree the high hand hold is as important or more so than the steps deep in the water. I have on my trailer sailer 21 ft a ladder that is attached to the stern and folds down. Such that I can release it and use it from the water without aid from people on the boat. I have in the past often used it by swimming to the boat in lieu of dinghy. Seems a bit difficult now at 76yo. I have a gap in the stern rail but I also have a pole on the transom corner for radio antenna which extends up another half meter. But I really need another pole placed about half meter away from radio antenna pole. Plus I need a way to hold on to the pole(s) to allow climb of hands up the poles. Or put another way I need hand holds above the ladder at least1 meter above the transom top. (deck if you are going up side) or 1.5m above water level. Use your arms as well as legs to get up. But most important is to use the ladder to prove it's usefulness. ol'will
PS my post re outbaord access has picture showing the arrangement above the stern ladder for hand holds. (can't see ladder itself)
 
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thinwater said:
Yes ...

... but the OP has an F-27, I have an F-24, I had a Stiletto 27, and I understand his application. I should add that the Stiletto came with a good quality removable ladder on the beam, with built in mounting points, and it was a pain. I understand that option for the OP's boat.

An important difference is that light multihulls move differently from monohulls. This typically is not a big problem.

I made a special narrow one (~ 8") for my Stiletto from 1" aluminum square tube with 1.5" rungs, extendeding 26 inches into the water. Very comfortable.
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I beg your pardon, I didn't know that a Corsair F-27 was a trimaran.

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I have considered asking my pal at the Metal Works to create a hinged section to the bottom of my Lalizas ladder. 5 rungs is ok if you are not numbed by cold water ... but needs 2 more really to be really effective.
I also thinking to get him to make more deck keyhole plates so I can have them at different positions on the boat.

I have the ladder velcro'd to the stbd guardlines midships ready to deploy.
 
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