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This ABYC standard are a guide for the selection, design, construction, and installation of reboarding means, ladders, handhold devices, grab rails, rails, lifelines, and slip resistant surfaces.
[American Boat & Yacht Council, Edgewater, MD, USA]
Comparative tests and ranking of ladders from Armstrong, Davis, Dixon, Garelick, Stearns, West Marine, and Windline, plus an emergency ladder from Plastimo
[Practical Sailor, 1 December 2002]
The author has a favorite design for this important piece of safety gear.
[San Juan 23 Internet Fleet, USA]
Custom-made solid teak platforms and swim steps custom curved to fit transom.
[Woodworking for Watercraft, Dolan Springs, AZ, USA]
Custom solid teak ladders to attach to genoa track, toerail or boat hull.
[Cruising Concepts, Orcas, WA, USA]
Two-, three-, or four-step stainless center post ladder attached to bracket on transom when needed.
[Armstrong Nautical Products, Stuart, FL, USA]
Folding aluminum ladders for gunwale or bow, five to eight steps.
[Fulton Performance Products, Mosinee, WI, USA]
Stainless and teak boarding ladders and swim platforms for transom mounting. Most are designed for powerboats but may suit some sailors.
[Marinco, Napa, CA, USA]
Articulated stainless steel five-step ladder that folds to stow under a 24-inch lifeline. Mounts to almost any rail or track.
[Mystic Stainless and Aluminum LLC, Mystic, CT, USA]
Elegant folding ladder in teak hinges down to become a swim ladder. Fits the 40-year-old Concordia yawl. Might fit your boat.
[Concordia Company, Inc., South Dartmouth, MA, USA]
In 2000 it became mandatory in Canada to have a permanently mounted boarding ladder on a pleasure boat whose freeboard is too high for a swimmer to reach the gunwale to pull themselves out of the water.
Larrie Taylor & Bob Schimmel
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