Hoges in WA wrote:
Does anyone have a really truly brilliant system for getting into the water
and out of the water from their boat.

I'm particularly curious about canoe sterns etc but I'm interested in how
anyone manages to exit in particular.

Clip lines? Small davits?

Explanation of systems would be most illuminating also ie how do you go
about it - what sequence.

I've just come back from a night dive onto a new-to-the-dive-industry
charter boat which has a platform at the rear but he hasn't put a ladder on.
It was difficult in the dark to take everything off and hand it up then
(with fins still on) make a seal-like burst onto the back. Lucky it was
very calm tonight, with only a little surface chop and no swell.

It got me to thinking a bit about future exits when I get my boat.

For those who are interested, this was where I was tonight:

http://www.scubaonline.com.au/showdivesite.asp?intID=22

thanks

Hoges in WA



After trying to get back into my boat last year using a swim ladder I
was thinking of getting an Xtend & Climb (http://xtendandclimb.co.uk/new/).

My thought was that I could mount it upside down and store it compacted
with some rope hanging down. That way if I took an unexpected dunk I
could pull it down and get back in.

Any thoughts?