"Argyle" argyle@nospam wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 21:18:01 -0700, "Mr Wizzard"
wrote:


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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If so, why couldn't he paddle back to the boat?
Morbidly obese?

I would thing that morbibly obese folks
would float well, no ? Maybe had to
climb back into the boat, but they would't
sink would they ?


My brother in law's ex wife was morbidly obese. She floated like a cork in
fresh water. But you're right, getting back into the boat put quite a
strain
on the swim platform and ladder.

Hehe, actually I didn't think about the platform/ladder,
but yeah, I hear ya. The issue for me would be, as the
boat owner/operator, how would you get said guest
"back" in the boat if they needed assistance ? Worse
case I suspose you can get the inner tube underneath
of them and tow them back to shore without making
them feel too bad/embarased about not easily getting
back into the boat. Speaking of the ladder, is there
a maximum weight rating on the ladder? I don't see
anything on my new Bayliner 175 Capi, and wondered
about that. My new bright Orange fiberglass work
ladder that I got at Home Depot has max weight
warnings all over it, and at 210 myself, I'm close to
that limit without tools/equipment etc. so I dunno.




Regards,
Argyle