John, The telescoping boarding ladder sold by International Marine and used on the Potter 19 is a very good ladder. The only down side is it mounts over such a small area that you need some really stout backing material. It is a 4 step telescoping and folds nicely, even has a nylon clip to hold it in the folded position. We installed one of these on our M17, and then later re-installed it with a larger and stronger backing plate. Merry Christmas! Randy G. M17 #410 From: John Butler Sent: Thu 12/21/2006 7:39 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Re: Boarding ladder I hope I never fall overboard when single handing in winter. BUT: If I did, a PFD would only preserve my body after I succumb to hypothermia. Can anyone recommend a really good boarding ladder for M15s, and where to mount it? John Butler, M15 "Rejoyce", #361 Do it now. You can't do it any younger! .--.-. ( ( )__ (_, \ ) ,_) | '-'--`--' \ _ / -== (_) ==- ^^ / \ ^^ | | /|\ / | \ / | \ /361| \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ /________| \ _____|__ \_ ~^~_~^~_-~^~=~^~~_______/ ==== \_______/ ~^~-~^~_~^~=~^~-| /~^=~^~^~^ =`^~^`^~ ~^~ ~^=~^~_~-=~^-=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/^~_~^=~^~=~ ~^~-~^= ~^~ ~^=~^~_~-=~^~ ^ `--------------'~^~=~^~_~^=~^~=~ ~^~-~^= ~^~=~ ~^=~^~ ~^~^=~^~-~^~ ~^~=~^~^~ =~^~^=~^~^=~^~^ =~~`~^ ~^~= ~^~= ~~^~~`=~``^~^^~= ~^=~^~^~^ =`^~^`^~^=~^~-~~^ John Butler - Sailing again. Praise the Lord! _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats