Tube rung rope ladder

[addjunkie]

View attachment 178613 In an ideal world...
Spreaders every few rungs to prevent twisting, especially if the ladder momentarily swings away from the ship.
Flat rungs with non slip.
Ropes held away from ship avoiding crushed knuckles

Ive climbed a few of those pilot ladders back when I were a lad, harder than it looks, even on a stationary ship in port

 

[jerrytug]

Done it many a time on board the lifeboat

It is difficult but there’s a knack to it.

It's becoming standard on yachts to send a DSC Distress as part of initial MOB drills, and HMCG and RNLI are fine with this, saying, 'you can always stand us down if you do manage to recover the casualty, but if not, those minutes saved can make the difference'.
Makes sense for many small craft imo.
Not arguing with you by the way.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

It's becoming standard on yachts to send a DSC Distress as part of initial MOB drills, and HMCG and RNLI are fine with this, saying, 'you can always stand us down if you do manage to recover the casualty, but if not, those minutes saved can make the difference'.
Makes sense for many small craft imo.
Not arguing with you by the way.

Surprisingly small amount of small craft Carry vhf anymore though

 

[fizzy]

Ive climbed a few of those pilot ladders back when I were a lad, harder than it looks, even on a stationary ship in port

I remember watching a programme about the Solent Police. They were trying to board a suspicious small trawler but had to give up due to the "terrible" swells. Then you see 60 yr old harbour pilots running up ladders like monkeys in a Force 9!

 

[Tinbasherdan]

I remember watching a programme about the Solent Police. They were trying to board a suspicious small trawler but had to give up due to the "terrible" swells. Then you see 60 yr old harbour pilots running up ladders like monkeys in a Force 9!

Dad was pilot boat skipper, I’ve been out on that boat in some nasty seas and the pilots jumping around like a cat