http://setsail.com/side-boarding-ladder/ A New Paradigm for Cruising Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://setsail.com/side-boarding-ladder/comment-page-1/#comment-5655 Steve Dashew Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:30:10 +0000 http://setsail.com/side-boarding-ladder/#comment-5655 Hi Rick: The bow "mast" actually does not block the sight lines from inside the house. They go through it to the water close in to the bow. There are lots of ways to design the anchoring system, but you have to allow for two large chain rollers, a firm locking of the anchor under way, and handle the breaking strain (not working load) of the chain. When you get done taking these items into account, you get what we have. I should add that we like the aesthetic. But that is a personal thing and function has to come first with anchoring gear. Hi Rick:
The bow “mast” actually does not block the sight lines from inside the house. They go through it to the water close in to the bow. There are lots of ways to design the anchoring system, but you have to allow for two large chain rollers, a firm locking of the anchor under way, and handle the breaking strain (not working load) of the chain. When you get done taking these items into account, you get what we have. I should add that we like the aesthetic. But that is a personal thing and function has to come first with anchoring gear.

]]> http://setsail.com/side-boarding-ladder/comment-page-1/#comment-5651 Rick Gleason Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:15:00 +0000 http://setsail.com/side-boarding-ladder/#comment-5651 It certainly is a robust design. I have some problems with the bow gear. I wish the anchor bracket was less dominant and more aesthetically integrated into the hull, also the searchlight and U pole is nice, but isn't there some less conspicuous way of accomplishing the same thing so that it is not sitting in the view of that nice broad windowed cabin house? It certainly is a robust design. I have some problems with the bow gear. I wish the anchor bracket was less dominant and more aesthetically integrated into the hull, also the searchlight and U pole is nice, but isn’t there some less conspicuous way of accomplishing the same thing so that it is not sitting in the view of that nice broad windowed cabin house?

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