[Public-list] Boarding ladders & engine lifting

[David Parkes]

Changing the topic slightly, would it be possible to use the technique 
described below (the boom and sheet can be transformed into a lifting 
derrick) to lift the Atomic 4 engine out of the cabin and land it over the 
side?
David Parkes
Sapphira #417
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-list] Boarding ladders


>
> Interesting points -
>
> Personally I would never try to pick up a MOB with a ladder in rough seas.
> As Dan says, the plunging action of the boat would transform any firmly
> mounted device into a weapon.  Similarly, a temporarily mounted ladder is
> both highly unlikely to remain in place and also nearly impossible to 
> mount
> if the boat is moving.
>
> Our rescue drill counts the stern mounted ladder as a card to play only in
> flat water.  In a seaway our plan is to heave to to weather of the rescuee
> and make the pick up amidships or toward the cockpit. Either way we have a
> Life Sling ready to bring the person alongside.   I have had to do this 
> once
> (without Life Sling, but was successful so it has become one of my 
> favourite
> funny stories; I call it the Mermaid Story; you have to come aboard 
> Surprise
> to hear it).
>
> We have our mainsheet landed on the traveller with a large snap shackle so
> that at a moments notice the boom and sheet can be transformed into a
> lifting derrick.   We practice as a family once a year (only once because 
> I
> think we are good at it)
>
> Really hope never to use it but wouldn't it be horrible to have somebody 
> in
> the oggin and be trying things out for the first time?
>
> Gord #426 Surprise
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>> Re: Boarding ladders
>> Hello A-30 people,
>>
>> There's an article in a recent practical Sailor magazine about MOB
>> rescue maneuvers, and they also compare boarding ladders for rescue
>> effectiveness. As I recall, windward, as it were, metal legs and pegs
>> could be spears, transom platforms and steps in a seaway were "hammers"
>> and flexible ones without weights were useless on curvey hulls...
>> (Liffeslings still get the top rating, and they integrate a harness.)
>> The steel and plastic ladder I have is a pain at best.
>>
>> How about something removable with hardware? Maybe hang the ladder on
>> the toe rail with bent sheet metal, padding and pins (fore mid and aft
>> locations), and clip it to the lifelines for a backup? If the rails can
>> take the load, it's a cheaper alternative to adding any structure to
>> support a ladder aft, just be careful with it far aft. Different metal
>> piece for aft rail. Anyway, might work, or not, but no time for a
>> project right now...
>>
>> --Dan S.
>> Watcher of the Skies #201, 1966, Cayuga Lake, Ithaca, NY
>> dans at stmktg.com
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