Anyone have any experience with this particular mast step ladder? I need to get up my mast soon and fix steaming and anchor light so i can pass a required Coast Guard Inspection.
I have used the fixed rung style ladders before that you haul up with the main halyard. Problem with this style is they dont secure to the mast anywhere else so tend to swing around a lot when trying to climb them. The Recovery Marine style ladder attaches to the sail slugs in the track so to me looks like it would be a lot more stable and safer to climb.
Eventually I want to add bolt on folding mast steps, but they are out of the budget for the moment. The good ones would cost almost $2k. The ladders are only $300ish so seem like a good compromise for a quick solution but was hoping to get a little feedback from any users of this particular ladder or a similar one that attaches to the sail track.
Recovery Marine's Mast Ladder Will Get You to the Top in No Time!
Sooner or later, you have to go up the mast. Recovery Marine's Mast Ladder is an easy-climbing 50-foot alternating-step, flexible ladder made of two-inch wide nylon webbing with a sewn tensile strength of 3,000 pounds.
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I have used the fixed rung style ladders before that you haul up with the main halyard. Problem with this style is they dont secure to the mast anywhere else so tend to swing around a lot when trying to climb them. The Recovery Marine style ladder attaches to the sail slugs in the track so to me looks like it would be a lot more stable and safer to climb.
Eventually I want to add bolt on folding mast steps, but they are out of the budget for the moment. The good ones would cost almost $2k. The ladders are only $300ish so seem like a good compromise for a quick solution but was hoping to get a little feedback from any users of this particular ladder or a similar one that attaches to the sail track.