: What you describe is not what I had in mind... as I picture your idea (while
: sitting at my computer and holding a salt shaker sideways to visualize the
: idea), I think it would be very hard to get back in the cockpit if the
: sling is on the OTHER side of the boat, because you'd have the hull in the
: way --wouldn't it be the case then as you push against the sling, you
: would be pushing yourself further under the hull, instead of being able to
: use the sling to lift yourself into the cockpit?

Julie, I will have this boat finished about mid July, as much as I am going to this year. Then I will do a lot of testing including your sling on each side and then report back.

John