Hello, I am making a walkway to get on and off my 30'ft hunter. It will be lightweight for easy removal . My ? is connecting it to the side, am thinking about hooking a couple of hooks to it that can swing into the holes along the side. Any thoughts?
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- Thread starter lee oakley
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Lots of nails?
Seriously, though, please make it clear if you are making a walkway that attaches to your boat? Dock? And what are the holes along the side, perforated toe-rail? How long will this walkway be? I'm not getting what you're trying to do.
Seriously, though, please make it clear if you are making a walkway that attaches to your boat? Dock? And what are the holes along the side, perforated toe-rail? How long will this walkway be? I'm not getting what you're trying to do.
Yep, no a walkway to get on and off when docked! and yes it will hook to the toerail about 4ft long with wheels at bottom
Think about using an aluminum ladder, with a flat surface (diamond plate) attached to one side.
this works well flat, and you can flip it over if the grade is high, for traction.
-Storage? good luck.
this works well flat, and you can flip it over if the grade is high, for traction.
-Storage? good luck.
Assuming you have a perforated toe rail, attaching to that makes sense, but open hooks could work their way out of the holes as the boats moves. My thought would be put an eye-bolt on the outside of each walkway rail and use carabiners through the eye and the toe rail.
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ya but my thought is that the hooks with right shape and direction (where you have to pick walkway completely vertical) and wheels on bottm of walkway would stay hooked
Several years ago I made a boarding step for our boat so that the admiral had a way to get aboard from most any dock due to the high freeboard. Portable, strong and has served us well. The article that covers how I made it is in the link below. It used to contain photos, but they have disappeared.
http://hunter.sailboatowners.com/mods.php?task=article&mid=45&aid=6196&mn=42
http://hunter.sailboatowners.com/mods.php?task=article&mid=45&aid=6196&mn=42
While it's totally unrelated, the coolest gangplank (or 'passerelle' in Europe) ever has to belong to the Elan 400. This open transom boat has a seating plank across the transom, that converts to a passerelle. It has tiny wheels on the bottom of one side. And a SS post that goes into a special hole on the transom floor on the other. The wheels allow the boat to move to and fro when tied stern-to. Because most boats med-moor, this is a real issue for most. Sweet!
