Perfect, I seem to have missed that mod before.
Thanks Jim, I just emailed Kieth.
Richard
genoa track slides for ladder?
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Jim Bunnell
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ZANDRAMADAS
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Richard, i just tried to email you, but our server is down....i'll send it out as quick as i can. i'll try to recap here some.
1)Where i did my mod is really nice, pop off the life line, and down you go.
2) use a piece of oak like i did to reenforce the side alittle to distribute weight, and i've not shown any stress cracks...
3) get better bolts than i did, mine are showing some signs of rust, i am replacing mine this winter.
4) get an extra set of the little brackets that comes with the ladder and install them on the opposite side.
5) use an eye bolt as on of the bolts, and you can secure the ladder with a bungee. i've not mine come loose yet. but it never hurts t be careful
6) The way i did mine puts the ladder deeper in the water, so its easier to get to the last step. i have a bum left leg, so it doesnt bend as much or as well so i need this.
7) you can also hook the ladder (with no brackets) on the bow of the boat, just over the lip on th side. To board when you beach it....has worked great!
Let the screws that are attacked to the ladder handles remain DOWN or screwed out about 1/2 inch, so they slide in the brackets easy....
9) on the brackets , where the screw head slides in, the slide is wider on one end than the other, place that wide end facing the bow of the boat, so if you take off, the ladder locks down and wont slide off and bang the boat.
other than that, the thing works great. i'm not explaing it well i know...if you need give me a call, day or night and i'l explain it...boats in the driveway so its easily accesible. You can PM, eMail, Yahoo, or AIM me for my phone number... just use the buttons below.
Keith
1)Where i did my mod is really nice, pop off the life line, and down you go.
2) use a piece of oak like i did to reenforce the side alittle to distribute weight, and i've not shown any stress cracks...
3) get better bolts than i did, mine are showing some signs of rust, i am replacing mine this winter.
4) get an extra set of the little brackets that comes with the ladder and install them on the opposite side.
5) use an eye bolt as on of the bolts, and you can secure the ladder with a bungee. i've not mine come loose yet. but it never hurts t be careful
6) The way i did mine puts the ladder deeper in the water, so its easier to get to the last step. i have a bum left leg, so it doesnt bend as much or as well so i need this.
7) you can also hook the ladder (with no brackets) on the bow of the boat, just over the lip on th side. To board when you beach it....has worked great!
Let the screws that are attacked to the ladder handles remain DOWN or screwed out about 1/2 inch, so they slide in the brackets easy....9) on the brackets , where the screw head slides in, the slide is wider on one end than the other, place that wide end facing the bow of the boat, so if you take off, the ladder locks down and wont slide off and bang the boat.
other than that, the thing works great. i'm not explaing it well i know...if you need give me a call, day or night and i'l explain it...boats in the driveway so its easily accesible. You can PM, eMail, Yahoo, or AIM me for my phone number... just use the buttons below.
Keith
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ZANDRAMADAS
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just read some of the post and i'd like to answer some of them.
1) with the piece of oak, under the inside lip, inside the boat...glued there and then bolted...it has distributed the weight better than i'd hoped...no signs of cracks.
2) i used the 5200 sealent at the bolt heads to keep water out, so far no water gets in...
3) the actual hull of the boat worried me some, but when the boat is in the water it disperses the weight easily, and the sides flex very little.
All an all a good mod.i am very pleased with it....
1) with the piece of oak, under the inside lip, inside the boat...glued there and then bolted...it has distributed the weight better than i'd hoped...no signs of cracks.
2) i used the 5200 sealent at the bolt heads to keep water out, so far no water gets in...
3) the actual hull of the boat worried me some, but when the boat is in the water it disperses the weight easily, and the sides flex very little.
All an all a good mod.i am very pleased with it....
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RichardB
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I just finished duplicating Keiths ladder mod and am very pleased with the results. The only place I deviated was I used a 1X2 red oak runner instead of the 2x2. My home depot did not have a 2x2 oak runner in stock, and 1x2 oak is still extremely strong.
The only thing about this ladder (or any side mounted ladder) that concerns me a bit is rubbing the gelcoat where the standoffs contact the hull. I'd like to put a strip of something tough there to take the abrasion. I bought some rubber no-slip step material to use on the lip between the brackets (final step) that would work, but it's a thick, textured, and the wrong color for the blue hull. The blue keel guard material looks perfect, I might have to get that and sacrifice a couple small pieces. One advantage of the bracket mount over the genoa track mount is it would only take a couple of small pieces since the standoffs shouldn't walk as much using the brackets versus mounted on track cars.
Whew! this took longer than installing my autopilot! Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions. Seems there was a lot of interest in the genoa track solution, sorry I'm not able to report back on a source of suitable track cars (aside from BWY, see earlier posts on that). But the mod by Zandramadas turned out to much easier than it sounded to me at first and I'm quite happy with it.
Richard
The only thing about this ladder (or any side mounted ladder) that concerns me a bit is rubbing the gelcoat where the standoffs contact the hull. I'd like to put a strip of something tough there to take the abrasion. I bought some rubber no-slip step material to use on the lip between the brackets (final step) that would work, but it's a thick, textured, and the wrong color for the blue hull. The blue keel guard material looks perfect, I might have to get that and sacrifice a couple small pieces. One advantage of the bracket mount over the genoa track mount is it would only take a couple of small pieces since the standoffs shouldn't walk as much using the brackets versus mounted on track cars.
Whew! this took longer than installing my autopilot! Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions. Seems there was a lot of interest in the genoa track solution, sorry I'm not able to report back on a source of suitable track cars (aside from BWY, see earlier posts on that). But the mod by Zandramadas turned out to much easier than it sounded to me at first and I'm quite happy with it.
Richard
