Right now we are in a place that I call "Paradise Found", which is
more commonly known as "The Marina at Marigot Bay" in St Lucia. We
are dock neighbors with a 122 ft Feadship called "Our Toy" among other
nice boats. Everyone is "Med moored", stern-to-the-dock, which is
common down here. In our case we either rig a plank off the stern or
back in close enough to make the big step. That would not do on a
mega yacht of course so they all have these fancy hide-away gang
planks called a Passarelle allowing them to walk off the stern in
style.

http://www.cooneymarine.com/frames.p...sserelles.html

Last night I was sitting on the flybridge before dinner when a good
looking blonde appeared on the deck of the Feadship, strolled to the
stern of the boat, lifted up a recessed panel, pushed a button, and
the Passarelle magically lifted itself high into the air, like raising
the drawbridge over a castle moat. Very cool indeed. The rich are
in fact just like us but they do have more money and more toys.

http://marigotbay.com/themarina/