I am not sure what the factory ladder looked like, but I am thinking minus the twang to starboard, this is it. As far as ladders go, this one is all but useless. The only positive thing is that you could say at the time of the sale of the boat "it has a ladder".
I worked with Jerry at Tops-n-Quality out of Michigan, and they did a custom redesign. The beauty of the new ladder is that it fit the existing mounting holes in the transom. As you can see, the new ladder provides plenty of steps below the water line for easy egress and folds nicely equal in height with the stern rail. The details of construction are outstanding. They build in 304 or 316, and each ladder is avaliable in round or flattened rungs, or they can provide steps. I am making my own wooden steps. The ladder as seen can be had for right around $450 and Jerry has retained the design and can build you one in around three weeks. In short, I am thrilled with this product! You can contact them via
http://www.topsinquality.com
Just a bit of an update, the sticks go up the 11th and we splash the 18th of May!
Good Sailing... Dale Tanski
