Thanks, Wilbur and Bruce,
Folding steps have the great disadvantage of the possibility of a foot
sliding off it.
Yes, my feet are bigger than most - 14s - and the P-E steps are wider and
fatter (front to back) than any other I've seen. Literally no other step
I've seen has the footprint these do.
Those lovely stainless steps look to have one attachment point each top and
bottom. The P-Es have either 2 or three (I'd have to dig the one I have out
to remember for sure) - and at 200# I like that better.
I really only need another to be able to stand at the top of the mast.
Somehow, the others I've seen, including one close buddy developed here in
Marsh Harbour in the last few weeks, with them from top to bottom of his
mast, manage not to continually foul their lines; I suspect I could do the
same.
I'd drill and tap, and loctite the machine screws to attach them. Putting
them up would be far less challenging than my mounting the Blipper frame
was, and I managed that without real difficulty so I'm confident I could
make this happen as well.
So, the question remains: does anyone have so much as a single Pace-Edwards
mast step in sight?
L8R
Skip, enjoying the cool breeze, finally (it's been relatively warm for
October here, but not so much that we didn't sleep under our duvet cover
each night)
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