chortle
Captain
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- Mar 7, 2012
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- Annapolis, MD
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- Herreshoff Coquina, 1972 Jarvis Newman 36, PT11
I have some photos of my plan for solo M.O.B. self recovery while at anchor. As long as the boat is not underway and the seas are relatively calm it is easy to swim up to the transom scupper and reach inside. I have thought it will be easy to get back on board if I can just get my foot inside that scupper so...
based on my noodling this summer while swimming around the boat this rope ladder approach seems like it will work. I tested it last week while in the shop and it worked just fine. Certainly not a good way to board on a regular basis, or while underway, but I was looking for a backup plan, a way to get back on board for the times that the swim ladder was not deployed and I was alone and something unplanned happened. Can't really climb up the anchor rode anymore like I used to be able to do.

based on my noodling this summer while swimming around the boat this rope ladder approach seems like it will work. I tested it last week while in the shop and it worked just fine. Certainly not a good way to board on a regular basis, or while underway, but I was looking for a backup plan, a way to get back on board for the times that the swim ladder was not deployed and I was alone and something unplanned happened. Can't really climb up the anchor rode anymore like I used to be able to do.

