Motor boat choice

[Greg2]

Later Broom models have a lowered side profile at the point where the siderail gate is located, that makes boarding from a side pontoon particularly easy.

Example pic:

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I take your point but the photo isn’t a pontoon and I can say that my wife struggles with the 39KL and the 42CL from a standard pontoon height. They are both better than our 41 though, which required a fender step and a knotted rope hanging from the rail on the saloon roof to climb aboard and then a supportive shove from me was sometimes required

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Fair enough. my elderly ex-pontoon-neighbours had a Broom and they used the side to board as the stern was hampered with a dinghy in davits plus steep steps.

 

[Wavey]

I’d rather have a suitable flat tread insert into my hull for safe entry than that fancy curve

We had a Broom 42cl with that recessed step. Until I just checked back at some photos I hadn’t realised the step wasn’t exactly level. We had the boat for 10 years on the Thames and the south coast. Never had an issue boarding including guests using it.