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Topic: Going for a swim? (Read 7399 times)
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Julian Swindell
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Hi Tony
Glad you are getting a proper night\\\'s sleep.
I don\\\'t know yet if the ladder can be deployed from the water. I hope I can just reach up and heave it over, but that may not be easy, especially in wet clothes. If it isn\\\'t. I\\\'ll experiment to see if I can arrange a rope to pull it over.
I needed a new rudder blade on Daisy G. as the original was sticky. Matt left the single step off the new one as it was barely practical. The step on its own didn\\\'t get you high enough to get over the transom. You had to stand on top of the rudder, which was difficult and you were hanging off the mizzen like an orangutang to do it. Again not really doable in a seaway in wet clothes. I shall experiment fully when the wtaer gets warm enough.
The ladder itself I am very impressed with. It is much more solid than I have anitcipated. I have climbed up it get on board in the barn and it does the job.
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Tony
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Hi Julian.
How about a bathing platform or sugar scoop with a flip-down ladder? You see this kind of thing on AWBs, usually in conjunction with a boarding ladder and a freshwater shower (for posing in port). It need not be as ugly as the drawing I made below, would definitely make re-boarding easier on a small, tippy boat and, if designed properly, could reduce wake turbulence and so increase performance. (Huh? A First in Hydro-dynamics? Wheel, not exactly. A Bronze Survival Award, actually.) Dont think it would retro-fit on a BayRaider, though, even with a split in the middle for tilting up the rudder.
Would such a thing increase waterline length and therefore speed ....or just mess up the water flow and look damnable?
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Julian Swindell
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Hi Tony, I have seriously toyed with the idea of a bathing platform on the transom. You could even fit a full width one if there was a slot for the rudder blade to tilt up. There is room above the rudder head to take it (see piccy below). The problems with it are: a- it costs money  b- I think it could look awful, but maybe not c- I am not sure the transom is built strongly enough to take the loads Plastimo do a little bathing platform and ladder which I considered, but again, I think it could look ugly (piccy 2 below) |
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