Osculati anti-torsion ladder

[cpedw]

I was intrigued by the Osculati anti-torsion ladder in the "New Gear" section of December PBO. http://www.osculati.com/en/cat/Scheda.aspx?id=27489

Has anyone seen or used one? I'm particularly mystified by the fixing at the bottom end.

I can't find them for sale in the UK.

Derek

 

[sarabande]

" The ladder has to be fixed at the mast base with the fixings supplied (ideally fixed under the boom goose neck fitting) and has then to be put under tension by means of a halyard winch"


It's going to have to be really quite staggering amount of tension to prevent the ladder twisting when you are are halfway up ! Particualrly as the top of the ladder seems to be pointed and connected to the halyard. Looks like a long thin triangle of forces....

I imagine that there a fairly long (about 1 m ?) pole below the bottom rung.

 

[vyv_cox]

" The ladder has to be fixed at the mast base with the fixings supplied (ideally fixed under the boom goose neck fitting) and has then to be put under tension by means of a halyard winch"


It's going to have to be really quite staggering amount of tension to prevent the ladder twisting when you are are halfway up ! Particualrly as the top of the ladder seems to be pointed and connected to the halyard. Looks like a long thin triangle of forces....

I imagine that there a fairly long (about 1 m ?) pole below the bottom rung.

When I tension the line that my Mastclimb runs on I haul the line to the top of the mast, then simply stand on the device and cleat off the line below it. There is never going to be a requirement for more weight than my own, so this works perfectly well.

Osculati's primary business is climbing and caving equipment, which leads one to suppose that the ladder will work as they say.