"Larry" wrote in message
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"Hoges in WA" wrote in news:gIPEj.1102$n8.468
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Hoges in WA



Buy a European boat made to board from being backed up to a quay.

The Amel, for instance, has a nicely engineerred ladder that becomes a
boarding ramp if laid out horizontally, but becomes a step ladder if set
down vertically. It has mahogany (of course) panels that fit in it.

It stores along the rail at sea, starboard side aft. A pin acts as a
pivot
and you just pivot it over the stern for stern-to docking or you can drop
it over the stern and the bottom two steps go into the water for swim
boarding or diving.


Larry - I am fairly sure I couldn't afford an Amel. I read the ads that
the Potter chap has in Cruising World and dream but reality is different to
that.
I've been looking at Tayanas for a while now, hence my original question.
I'll try to find out some detail on the ramp for the Amel - anything that
has more than one use has things going for it.
Hoges in WA

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