Don White wrote:
e able to reach the pull rope.

My wife boat me one of those rope ladders with plastic rungs last year
because she was worried about me getting into the boat if I fell off.
I jumped over and tried it and it was extremely difficult to climb
when the boat was anchored and stable and I was just wearing a bathing
suit. We regard the ladder as junk. We are still trying to figure
out a better way. We do have a proper boarding ladder that extends a
couple feet into the water but it is heavy and sits in a locker when
we are sailing. I would like one of those custom jobs that flips down
from the pushpit ad drops deep into the water and doesn't push away
when you step on it. I am even thinking of having a step put in the
trailing edge of the rudder to facilitate reboarding.

Gaz


Something like this?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/Hpim0200.jpg
Similar but longer, more robust and not mounted through holes in the
hull. That is the right idea.