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8.7. Reboarding devices
Manoverboard(orMOB)manoevreincludesallpossiblemeasuretorescuethepersonfallenoverboardfromavessel.
Themanouvrehastobeexecutedinstantlyandalwayshastherstpriority.Thismanouvreisafundamentalpartof
good seamanship and has to be trained with every new boat and crew.
TheprimaryreboardingdeviceontheBAVARIACruiserYachtisthebathingladder,seethepositiononthebelowdra-
wing,itpicturedhereinthenaldeployedposition.
Pleasebeawarethatthesedrawingsdonotreectthegeometryofyourspecicboat,butaregenericdrawigsillus-
trating the concept.
Theladdermaynotbeinstalledordeployedbyapersoninthewater,incasetheplatformisnotloweredand/orthe
xedladderisnotmountedyetBAVARIAYACHTShasinstalledaropeladderthatmightbedeployedbyremovingthe
grey cap and the pulling out the three-step-ladder. The handholds further help when reboarding
B
D
The ladder is only operable with the platform re-
leasedinthelowerposition.Youmustreleasethe
line that is normally jammed in a cleat on the aft
bulwark on the starboard side.
The ladder itself is built in the platform on its star-
board outer edge and may be released from the
water also.
Pushthebuttoninthecenteroftheladder,thelad-
der should then be pushed outwards by a spring.
The ladder is a telescopic one and reached more
than30cmbelowthewaterssurface.
Pos. Description
B Telescopic ladder
D Storage of emergency tiller under hatch