Euphonyx
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For an inflatable boat. I bought one made from webbing but it's totally useless. Does anyone have one they are happy with without spending a small fortune?
Swimming Ladder
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paulajayne
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Does it have a transom? Why not fit a step below water level.
Euphonyx
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No real room between the sponsons with the engine taking up all the room
peter gibbs
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The problem lies with stability of the smaller inflatable when climbing on board. Even with engine weight you need someone to balance the craft if climbing in over the side with a hooked ladder - metal or plastic available from home pool agents.
All soft ladders are unstable so useless whatever the craft size.
I've seen people roll onto surf boards then flip up over the sponson into the craft - not for everyone.
A knotted rope tethered opposite the entry point can also be used to haul up and in but it's not for BMI's over 25 I guess!
PWG
LadyInBed
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How big is the inflatable? When I was diving from inflatables we never needed a ladder!
Euphonyx
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Its not a large boat... 3.4 meters with a 20hp. For my wife when she's swimming with her girlfriends. I can just drag her aboard when its the two of us!!
pvb
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I don't think there's an easy way of getting into an inflatable from the water - and certainly not an elegant way!
Euphonyx
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prv
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With a 40horse motor on a slightly larger boat I would just step on the cavitation plate of the (stopped!) engine. Could that work here?
Pete
Euphonyx
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Its quite tight but I never thought of that. Dry run in the garden tomorrow.... in the snow
LadyInBed
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Re the folding ladder video, if you go for that, go for the longer and use two points to attach it.
Easier to get your foot to the rung and it won't slide sideways so much when you put weight on it.
Easier to get your foot to the rung and it won't slide sideways so much when you put weight on it.
prv
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I suppose I should also mention I was wearing a drysuit and boots where I assume the missus will be barefoot and so perhaps a little less comfortable. But still worth a try.
Pete
William_H
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I am getting a bit old and cumbersome. I find the essential aspect of a ladder to board my yacht is to have addequate hand holds up high so that I am pulling myself up by arms as much as pushing with legs. When I do pull my self up there is a huge outward pull on the hand holds. So for easy recovery into a RIB you would need a solid ladder reaching down far enough but extending with side rails up at least a metre above water that is braced to the far side to stop the hand holds pulling outwards. All very cumbersome on a RIB.
Now while I am on the subject we have a RIB for support boat at our club. I made up from an old sail and webbing a sling to aid recovery of people into the RIB. This ribb has 2 lifting eyes in the front section attached to the floor about 1.5m back from bow. The sling is a triangle shape the peak of which attaches with a hook to the lifting eye.
The triangle of sail base is has webbing attached at corners. It is lowered into the water such that he lies parallel to the boat with the sling under him the webbing going back into the rib.
It is called par barrelling where 2 people (one a t a pinch) Pull the sling so with a 2 purchase you lift and roll him over the side. It works a treat. The down side is that if victim is unconscious you must maneuver him into the sling.
A simple home made device which when stowed takes no space at all. ol'will
Now while I am on the subject we have a RIB for support boat at our club. I made up from an old sail and webbing a sling to aid recovery of people into the RIB. This ribb has 2 lifting eyes in the front section attached to the floor about 1.5m back from bow. The sling is a triangle shape the peak of which attaches with a hook to the lifting eye.
The triangle of sail base is has webbing attached at corners. It is lowered into the water such that he lies parallel to the boat with the sling under him the webbing going back into the rib.
It is called par barrelling where 2 people (one a t a pinch) Pull the sling so with a 2 purchase you lift and roll him over the side. It works a treat. The down side is that if victim is unconscious you must maneuver him into the sling.
A simple home made device which when stowed takes no space at all. ol'will
Euphonyx
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This one looks good. Better to attach it to the lifting eye though. Pity its not local!
William_H
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Further thoughts that if your RIB has a centre console this would be the place to attach a rope ladder ie from a point as high as possible to give you rungs to pull yourself up with. Rope ladder or SS but weighted to hold it down. Of course nothing beats trying it out yourself on your boat. ol'will
thinwater
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All kidding a side, like swimming, boarding from the water is a skill worth learning. It's part of swimming from a boat, like reboarding a canoe or kayak from the water, but much easier. Lower yourself deep in the water, pull up sharply and smoothly while giving a dolphin kick, rotate, and land with you fanny on the tube. One easy motion. I've done it repeatedly as part of a test, both in a dry suit and immersion suit. Easier than using a ladder IMO.
Belly flop if you need to. What in the heck does dignified mean, anyway? Just flop in. Part of the fun.
Belly flop if you need to. What in the heck does dignified mean, anyway? Just flop in. Part of the fun.
Sandro
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Exactly my way thinwater, just replace tube with gunwale of a hard boat. Very easy to do for me - fifteen years ago.
Then I had to buy/make a boarding ladder which can be deployed by a person in the water.
It works well and is described in a PBO article. Can't remember the issue but could fish it out.
Then I had to buy/make a boarding ladder which can be deployed by a person in the water.
It works well and is described in a PBO article. Can't remember the issue but could fish it out.
geem
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We have had a couple of ribs as tenders but now have a hard dinghy. We find it far easier to enter the hard dinghy from the water than we did with the ribs. For one thing you dont need to climb over the width of the tubes with a hard dinghy. The hard dinghy is less stable than a rib so the sides of the dinghy can be pulled down towards the water so you only need to climb over a small amount of topsides. Our dinghy is super stable and large which helps
LadyInBed
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Well described ?
doug748
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