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[quote=Edchris177]Dave, what about attaching a telescoping ladder, or whatever to the front beam. As you note the problem is the ladder wants to swing under the boat.
However, this is easily prevented by having two short lines, (one attached at each bottom corner of the ladder) with a snap hook at one end. 
To use it, drop the ladder, then attach a line to the loop where the bridle wire attaches to the hull, one line to each hull. Make the line just long enough so that the ladder can hang nearly vertical, but won't be able to swing under the boat. 
Using two lines will prevent the ladder from twisting, & length will determine how far past vertical the ladder can swing. The lines go out at an angle, leaving free access to the ladder.
It would only take seconds to clip the lines on, & as long as the person has enough leg strength to climb 3-4 stairs it will work. I don't have a photo, but I built such a system decades ago to access a treehouse. We only had a short piece of wooden ladder & needed to stabilize the bottom. With the ladder swinging from a large branch, we had the same problem you do. The guys could manage, but Family rules dictated that the girls also got to use the pad, so that's what we came up with.[/quote]

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