Jesse, Seen the stirrup but it doesn't provide the standoff from the hull just as a rope boarding ladder does not. I have a single step that swings down from the stern at water level and although it is rigid, it is very hard to haul myself up when my foot is in the step at almost chest level. During our mini-rendezvous at Key West we sailed out to Sand Key to snorkel. The water was so rough I almost didn't get back on board. Tried the rope ladder but that was no help. Finally let the wave action aided by a foot in the step lift me to a point where I was able to get a decent grasp on the transom and pull myself aboard. Trying to climb aboard from the water using the stirrup will be very difficult - your feet will swing under the hull as soon as you put any weight on it. The only reliable solution is to get something that gives you about two rungs under the water while giving you leverage against the side of the hull. Stan M-15, #177. Carol II