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Old 06 December 2024, 21:51   #1
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Dive ladder

Best way to secure a dive ladder..hyperlon attachment or strap to floor..or
Pop rivet to aluminium floor?
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Old 06 December 2024, 22:15   #2
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Hi Dive Ladder Trevor & welcome.
Rib or Sib, over the tubes, over the transom, folding ladder or not?
Probably a bit more info will get you better results.
If it's the Paradise Point I'm thinking a about - how lucky are you! An old work colleague of mine lives on Macleay Island and I've threatened for years to visit him .
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Old 06 December 2024, 22:44   #3
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Best way to secure a dive ladder..hyperlon attachment or strap to floor..or
Pop rivet to aluminium floor?
Stainless dive ladder to be attach
ed over side tube.
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Old 06 December 2024, 22:50   #4
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Thanks..yes it'll be a stainless dive ladder attached to side tube.of hard bottom RIB.the available ladders just hang on to top of tube, with a strap to secure to floor or tube on inside. I'll have to customise 2 ladders to make one..IE..remove convential ladder and replace with a "dive" ladder..central spine with cross steps suitable for flippers..I need to board from deep water after surfing.
I'm at Paradise point.. northern Gold coast on Coomera river..I haven't made it up Broadwater to Macleay island..yet.
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Old 06 December 2024, 23:20   #5
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Welcome to the board

Got pictures of what your setup is?

Many ladders attach to the radar arch/tower and fold up.

If you can weld stainless though, have at it and show us the results please.

https://ribsonly.com/2/fluid-watercraft-ladder/
https://www.xs-ribs.co.uk/xs-accesso...r-metal-work/#
https://www.rib.net/forum/f8/dive-la...eas-83335.html
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Old 07 December 2024, 05:57   #6
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Yes.. watercraft dive ladder you got there is perfect..the attachment solved my problem..but..I'll have to create something that takes a similar dive ladder.
When I achieve it..I'll publish some pictures.. meanwhile it's a task I'm throwing at my local ","marine stainless fabrication mob".
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Well scroll away and design exactly what you want. You can make a mount out of fiberglass, with stainless inserts, bend everything up, weld it up! Sounds easy right? It's not and highly time consuming plus takes a lot of expensive materials. And if paying said marine mobs, spending 4 times more than what it would cost to buy a production ladder. If you have a good fabricator as a buddy get your hands dirty and learn from them

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