Help with mounting a dive ladder?

[Capt Chuck]

Hammer

I'll be using it during the summer [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] If I decide to install a new "Potter" ladder on the bracket, I will then sell the Armstrong deal in October. . [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[laser]

Hi Chuck....Not so fast.....mount the ladder on the bracket. Armstrong makes a bracket that mounts flat on the swim platform and hangs over the edge. The ladder bracket attaches to the platform bracket. I don't like the fold under ladder handling my weight (not insignificant!) plus gear.

Hey come by when you are down this way. Floor is in, transom covered, console up there and paint to start soon!!
Bill

[Capt Chuck]

Bill

I have seen them. I also saw what Lt Dan (chainsaw) did on his. He "notched" the engine bracket to the exact size and used the standard Armstrong ladder bracket. That way it did not stick out past the edge. It looked very professional [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Now on the other hand, the Potter ladder folds up under the bracket and also serves as a safety issue. Mr. Potter told me a story of a guy, who fell off his boat in rough seas and was unable to climb back on board [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Had he had the Potter ladder he could have swam to the back of the boat and pulled the ladder out from it's folded position and climbed back onboard [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img] Makes sense, as my Armstrong ladder is stored in the forward hatch when not in use. I would think that the Potter deal would surely accommodate a large person such as yourself [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

BTW: I'm going to try to make it down your way in a couple of weeks cause I need to go to Bass Pro. I'll give you a shout [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[FXRSCOTTY]

Fellow-Ship, no tabs on this boat , but i think the ladder would clear as it is spaced out from the hull quite a bit. Also they make them in 2,3,or 4 step models you could measure what you need and set it up. I had a system onn my last boat (Wellcraft Sportsman) that i used the cav. plate on the O.B. as the 1st step and that worked well. Scotty.

[laser]

Hey Chuck...Are you planning on falling overboard??!!
I know u r getting older and the beer count to falling down is getting lower but I think you have a few more years before you have worry about falling over!!!! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Bill

[Capt Chuck]

The fact that I'm Fat, Old, have Beer Breath, Ugly and Smell Like a Mullet, I'll more likely than not be thrown off [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[timd]

Here's wher I mounted mine. Gives you a nice place to step over the transom.

[Rufridr069]

Bill let me know when the boat is painted. I may repaint the whole thin also. Is your guy who was doing the work on it that day going to paint it also?