Boarding step - CSpray

[Anonymous]

I'm looking for a boarding step and have come across one made by CSpray who advertised recently in YM. The one I am interested in is the 'One Step Boarding ladder' which is not cheap at £76 approx, with brackets, but it's not clear whether postage is included in that.

They are at www.cspray.co.uk I have never heard of CSpray before and they seem to be manufacturers selling direct rather than via chandleries. Does anyone here have any knowledge or experience of this product?

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[Stemar]

If you only need one step, consider a fenderstep

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.compass24.com/> Compass </A> have them for £50, but I'm fairly sure my local swindlery has them for less (Hardway Marine).

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[Anonymous]

Thanks for your reply. I was wondering about those but it is quite a long way up and and we would like to invite elderly and infirm relatives to visit (we live aboard). I think that the fenderstep would be too difficult for them but it could be a godsend for us from time to time and much easier to deploy than a fixed step when coming alongside so I will have a look.

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[Stemar]

For the elderly and infirm, I assume that they'll be boarding from a pontoon, so perhaps some rigid steps made of ply and left on the pontoon when daysailing could be a lot cheaper, as well as easier to negociate - could make your life eaier as well!

You could use shuttering ply which is reasonably weatherproof and dirt cheap - just not pretty. I made a cockpit floor (to replace the original grating) out of some a few years ago and it's still going strong

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[Anonymous]

Thank you for your suggestion. We're planning to sail to the Med in the late spring, meanwhile we are in marinas but being shunted about quite a bit so it would be a pain to cart a large wooden thing about. However, I agree that this would be the most acceptable solution for the elderly person!

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