I often take friends out on my Hunter 26. Everyone complains about how hard it is to climb off the dock and over the high side. I have two disabled friends that are not be able to climb over that side at all.
I have backed into the dock before but then it was pointed out that if I leave my boat tied up that way wake can cause the engine to bang against the dock and damage it or the rudder. untying the boat taking it out turning it around and backing in every time I want to let people on the boat is pretty cumbersome and time consuming.
I have tried finding some kind of fenders or bumpers I can put around the engine but the only solution was stupidly expensive.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do?
I have backed into the dock before but then it was pointed out that if I leave my boat tied up that way wake can cause the engine to bang against the dock and damage it or the rudder. untying the boat taking it out turning it around and backing in every time I want to let people on the boat is pretty cumbersome and time consuming.
I have tried finding some kind of fenders or bumpers I can put around the engine but the only solution was stupidly expensive.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do?