Flotsam and Jetsam
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Rick Pratt sent this note after reading our feature on Roger Taylor and Mingming II.
“Great article. One other characteristic of the bilge keel design is that they remain upright and move straight ahead when being judged off of a grounding. I found out delivering one down the Laguna. Row out the anchor, and kedge away.
The twin keels keep you tracking straight instead of the usual yawing, wandering and tipping that fin-keeled craft always seem prone to.”
Reader Ron Badley saw our article on Small-Boat Ladders and wanted to share a nice permanent ladder design he’s seen, as well as an internal tube rope ladder:
Here’s a link to this one.
Here are videos someone suggested that show how Boat US rated various ladders on various boat types.
Of course this is the only civilized way to reboard a boat….
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I’m thinking that the spell checker ate the unrecognized technical term, “kedging,” and horked up “judging” in its place! The joys of living in the Early Days of A.I are nearly continuous and certainly inescapable! All the best!
Failure of Rope type ladders. Because rope is flexible, your lower body will tilt under chine of the boat as your upper body will tilt outward, away from the boat. I have confirmed this action. Also, the thin rope will hurt the arch of your foot.