On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:16:30 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

It's much easier to get him on the Navigator than the GB. He's a really
cool dog, but not much of an athlete. At 100+ lbs it's a pain picking him
up to get on the GB. On the Navigator he just steps onto the large,
fiberglass swim platform and then through the transom door onto the cockpit.

Eisboch


I had an older dog with arthritis. He hated being carried on board the
boat, so I had plywood board cut the right size so he could easily walk
on board. I think they actually sell something like this, but it was
easy to have the board cut and then place foam insulation (the kind they
sell to wrap around pipes) on the ends so it would not scratch the
fiberglass.

Over the course of a summer's cruising we've seen a number of
improvised dog boarding systems. They sure do look forward to that
morning trip ashore in the dinghy.