by jeadstx » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:24 pm
The stern is supposed to be the easiest place to get back on. I'm working on a new re-boarding method since my capsize in June. I have some arthritis in my knees so that doesn't help. I had previously had put a heavy nylon stirrup starp and stirrup (just like for a saddle) on my stern. Having made saddles at one time years ago, I figured if it would work to mount a horse, it would work to mount a boat. Worked for me in practice, not in the rough waters and current of the Laguna Madre however. The strap kept getting up under the boat and proved to be of no help. I'm told that rope ladders have the same problem. Currently I'm thinking about getting one of the stainless steel folding type ladders to attach to the stern and putting a small grab rail on the gunwale near the stern to grab onto to help pull me up.
John
1976 Day Sailer II, #8075 - Completed the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Texas 200
1952 Beetle Boat Swan Catboat
Early Rhodes 19
1973 Mariner 2+2, #2607 - Completed 2014, 2015 and 2016 Texas 200
1969 Day Sailer I, #3229
Fleet 135; Canyon Lake, Texas