{"id":11070,"date":"2010-04-13T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=11070"},"modified":"2010-04-12T22:57:09","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T03:57:09","slug":"swim-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/swim-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Swim Step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FPB-64-1-slide-show-161.jpg\" alt=\"FPB-64-1-slide-show-161.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thirty-three years ago when we started working on the perfect cruising yacht design we quickly realized that we needed a way to get back aboard if we fell over. The design configurations we were considering were simply too high to pull ourselves up from the water. In an effort to solve this dilemma the swim\/boarding\/rescue platform was born which has graced the transom of all our yachts.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->There has been some refinement over the years, but the design goals remain the same:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Provide a way to get back aboard if you have fallen over (at anchor or at sea).<\/li>\n<li>Simplify getting in and out of the dinghy.<\/li>\n<li>Work as a swimming\/snorkeling\/SCUBA platform.<\/li>\n<li>Provide storage for flammable materials where practical.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So how does this work out on the FPB 64?<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FPB-64-stainless-details-12.jpg\" alt=\"FPB-64-stainless-details-12.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">There is a built in companionway from the deck to the boarding platform. Handrails on each side provide security.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FPB-64-1Manual-257.jpg\" alt=\"FPB-64-1Manual-257.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The platform is large enough to have one person holding the dinghy while others hop out.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FPB-64-1Manual-253.jpg\" alt=\"FPB-64-1Manual-253.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The boarding ladder is a permanent fixture.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FPB-64-1Manual-254.jpg\" alt=\"FPB-64-1Manual-254.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">And there are large storage lockers on both sides.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FPB641-T-443.jpg\" alt=\"FPB641-T-443.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"420\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Brian Rickard is about to test the swim step and boarding ladder. The test, and his search for a pair of glasses lost overboard were both successful.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FPB641-T-172.jpg\" alt=\"FPB641-T-172.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"297\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A final look at this mundane but important detail for a serious cruising yacht. Note the hinged swim ladder in its stored position.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-three years ago when we started working on the perfect cruising yacht design we quickly realized that we needed a <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/swim-step\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fpb64-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}