How to board aft cockpit mobo with tender on bathing platform - stbd side mooring.

[sharpness]

Viewing (internet day dreaming presently) various aft cockpit boats i.e Princess 40 / 420 / 430, Fairline Phantom 42 / 43, it seems to me to board or step off one of these with a tender on the bathing platform held by a dinghy crane or passerelle , when mooring on the stbd side looks a challenge as you can't get past the tender or crane / passerelle. Obviously no problem with the portside as the transom gate makes it dead easy.
So how do you get round this problem when mooring on the stbd side with this type of boat, as a jump down from the the stbd side deck looks a non starter (use of fender step maybe, but not ideal) as the freeboard is a lot higher on these models compared to my current Sedan 36 which has a low freeboard and makes getting on and off fairly easy without needing to use the bathing platform.

 

[Whitelighter]

Look at an azimut 42/46 which has twin gates

 

[rafiki_]

Look at an azimut 42/46 which has twin gates

As has the 39. I have a 2.6m rib on my bathing platform. Access from port or stbd is very comfortable.

 

[sharpness]

Agree that Azimut are well catered for in this department. Ref Fairline and Princess, what do people do then ?
Only Fairline i've seen which caters for this is the Fairline phantom 43AC, great boat but upkeep of a blue hull puts me off, and i do prefer a flybridge at present.

 

[jfm]

Other things that could be on the menu as partial solutions:
Ask home marina to berth you the other side of the pontoon;
Get a neat side boarding ladder

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

Look at an azimut 42/46 which has twin gates

You are still in love with them it seems Anyways Azimut started doing this with the AZ54 in 1993 (58 Full from 1997) and then did it in all models of that era 50 (52), 46, 42, 39.
Fairline flirted with this on the 52 Squadron (1998-2002) and 62 Squadron (2000).

 

[Nick_H]

My boat was originally used in UK, and the owner spec'd fittings on the hull, just below the rubbing strake, and a boarding ladder that would drop on to the fittings when needed.

A previous boat (Sealine T46) had a slewing passarelle crane that could be rotated and lowered.

 

[djefabs]

Fairline were also doing this in 1994 on the Squadron 56'

 

[sharpness]

Cheers to all for the replies so far. Judging by the respones, looks like a boarding ladder is the only solution, or buy an Azimut or much larger Fairline .
Bearing in mind how many Princesses and Fairlines there are out in UK waters around the 40ft mark, i'm surprised the Port side only gate entry has been kept with by the manufacturers for all these years. On a side note, the other thing that surprises me with manufacturers is how they fit canopys with a raked angle at the rear making the aft bench seating unuseable (user has to sit leaning forward) when the canopy is fitted.
Not wanting my post to sound all negative, i do love the designs with integral steps from the cockpit to the flybridge, and the social layouts of the flybridges are great.

 

[rafiki_]

Cheers to all for the replies so far. Judging by the respones, looks like a boarding ladder is the only solution, or buy an Azimut or much larger Fairline .
Bearing in mind how many Princesses and Fairlines there are out in UK waters around the 40ft mark, i'm surprised the Port side only gate entry has been kept with by the manufacturers for all these years. On a side note, the other thing that surprises me with manufacturers is how they fit canopys with a raked angle at the rear making the aft bench seating unuseable (user has to sit leaning forward) when the canopy is fitted.
Not wanting my post to sound all negative, i do love the designs with integral steps from the cockpit to the flybridge, and the social layouts of the flybridges are great.

Go for the Snazi. You won't be disappointed

 

[CX54WEK]

Moor it the other way around?

We always moor port side too with ours as it's easier to get on and off.

 

[sharpness]

Moor it the other way around?

We always moor port side too with ours as it's easier to get on and off.

Non starter unfortunately, as my home berth is based on the river, and all pontoon moorings are Starboard side only.

Having viewed more pics online of the types of boat i mentioned, all seem to have this same problem when you have a large(ish) tender fitted on the bathing platform. The idea of someone climbing down a boarding ladder when coming in to moor alongside a starboard berth doesn't exactly grab me in comparison to a safe easy step off of a same level bathing platform.

 

[mjf]

What everyone points the same way? Why not simply put your convenient exit side alongside?

Non starter unfortunately, as my home berth is based on the river, and all pontoon moorings are Starboard side only.

Having viewed more pics online of the types of boat i mentioned, all seem to have this same problem when you have a large(ish) tender fitted on the bathing platform. The idea of someone climbing down a boarding ladder when coming in to moor alongside a starboard berth doesn't exactly grab me in comparison to a safe easy step off of a same level bathing platform.

 

[sharpness]

What everyone points the same way? Why not simply put your convenient exit side alongside?

Yep, every boat moored on river points into the flow, so in effect all facing the same way.

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

Fairline were also doing this in 1994 on the Squadron 56'

Yes you are correct, I think they have actually done it before Azimut, since I think the 56 was launched in 1992.

 

[CX54WEK]

Yep, every boat moored on river points into the flow, so in effect all facing the same way.

Can you not just break tradition and moor the other way around?

You have to be more careful of course mooring with the flow but it can be done.