Supporting your Mystic ladder on the hull.
Steven, Your idea is novel, simple and effective I'm sure. Certainly there is never a shortage of fenders on any of our boats, congrats on dreaming that one up. Not being as creative a thinker as you, such as using available materials at hand, I had 1" stainless extensions welded to my ladder standoffs, the aft one as long as possible, yet which would still let it close in the stowed position including a rubber cane tip. Given that there is significant tumblehome in the area of my starboard boarding gate, and as such, the standoffs cannot work at an equal length, I shortened the forward one using a pipe cutter so as to have the two of them contact the hull simultaneously so to speak. My problem was that the original length didn't allow for enough room forward of the teak tread, with the ball of my foot on it in order that the toe of my shoe not hit the hull, forcing me to place the load of my body on the tread at my toes, an uncomfortable if not unsafe way of using the ladder. Now with the ladder at least another 4" or more farther away from the hull, everyone can board a lot more safely and the standoffs still tuck away properly. Cheers, Glyn Judson, E31 hull #55, Marina del Rey CA