Swim Ladder
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Dick Kobayashi
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Swim Ladder
This is a kind of generic question - I finally have had to replace my swim ladder. I got an exact duplicate from Defender. My old ladder clipped into slots on the deck by virtue of screws set into the end of the ladder handles. They were screwed into some kind of compound that had been inserted into the ends after removing the end caps. Any one have any idea of what to use/how to proceed. The system made the ladder quite stable.
Dick K
CD 25D Susan B #104
Mattapoisett, MA
Fleet Captain - Northeast Fleet 2014/2015
Tempus Fugit. And not only that, it goes by fast. (Ron Vacarro 1945 - 1971)
CD 25D Susan B #104
Mattapoisett, MA
Fleet Captain - Northeast Fleet 2014/2015
Tempus Fugit. And not only that, it goes by fast. (Ron Vacarro 1945 - 1971)
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Dick Kobayashi
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Re: Swim Ladder
Actually solved this by inserting a section of 7/8th dowl into the end and then inserting screws into the dowl ends.
Dick K
CD 25D Susan B #104
Mattapoisett, MA
Fleet Captain - Northeast Fleet 2014/2015
Tempus Fugit. And not only that, it goes by fast. (Ron Vacarro 1945 - 1971)
CD 25D Susan B #104
Mattapoisett, MA
Fleet Captain - Northeast Fleet 2014/2015
Tempus Fugit. And not only that, it goes by fast. (Ron Vacarro 1945 - 1971)
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Oswego John
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- Location: '66 Typhoon "Grace", Hull # 42, Schooner "Ontario", CD 85D Hull #1
Re: Swim Ladder
Dick
Ah, a prime example of Yankee Ingenuity.
Good luck. Be safe.
OJ
Ah, a prime example of Yankee Ingenuity.
Good luck. Be safe.
OJ
"If I rest, I rust"
Voting Member #490
Voting Member #490
Re: Swim Ladder
Nearly nothing is just junk... it's raw material until a new use/need is encountered!Oswego John wrote:Dick
Ah, a prime example of Yankee Ingenuity.
OJ
-michael & Toni CDSOA #789
s/v KAYLA CD28 #318
2012 FLSTC Heritage Classic
Niceville FL
+30° 30' 24.60", -86° 26' 32.10"
"Just because it worked, doesn't mean it works." -me
No shirt + No shorts = No problem!
s/v KAYLA CD28 #318
2012 FLSTC Heritage Classic
Niceville FL
+30° 30' 24.60", -86° 26' 32.10"
"Just because it worked, doesn't mean it works." -me
No shirt + No shorts = No problem!
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Oswego John
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- Location: '66 Typhoon "Grace", Hull # 42, Schooner "Ontario", CD 85D Hull #1
Re: Swim Ladder
How true, Michael. How true.
Knowing where Dick's sailing waters are, perhaps I should have said "YANKEE" ingenuity. Yuk yuk.
Maybe something akin to Panhandle ingenuity
OJ
Knowing where Dick's sailing waters are, perhaps I should have said "YANKEE" ingenuity. Yuk yuk.
Maybe something akin to Panhandle ingenuity
OJ
"If I rest, I rust"
Voting Member #490
Voting Member #490
Re: Swim Ladder
Please give some details re the "slots in the deck" that the screws hooked into - were they cut into the gelcoat, or what?