Chuck I agree with you about ladders. The problem is that each tread is more or less directly below the other (unless the ladder is steeply angled) and it necessitates coming down while facing the steps. I've known of one well known Australian manufacturer to have tubular metal treads instead of flat steps and essentially no hand-hold on the flybridge side of the opening. This is madness. My yardstick for the smallest cat that gets everything right is the Voyager 1040 (http://www.voyagercats.com.au) (Although I would prefer a little more beam, 4.25m fits into any marina berth) And yes, there are well-designed molded stairs on the Voyager. I may well end up with a larger boat, but that would be catering to "luxuries". Gary

Have you considered or looked at the Zeta PowerCat which is made in the USA..... http://www.landsea.com/zeta.html Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Stavrou" <gstavrou@bigpond.net.au> To: "PowerCatermaran Power Catermaran List" <power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 12:47 AM Subject: [PCW] Post-show trials Part 2 > Chuck > I agree with you about ladders. The problem is that each tread is > more or less directly below the other (unless the ladder is steeply > angled) and it necessitates coming down while facing the steps. > I've known of one well known Australian manufacturer to have tubular > metal treads instead of flat steps and essentially no hand-hold on > the flybridge side of the opening. This is madness. > My yardstick for the smallest cat that gets everything right is the > Voyager 1040 (http://www.voyagercats.com.au) > (Although I would prefer a little more beam, 4.25m fits into any > marina berth) > And yes, there are well-designed molded stairs on the Voyager. > I may well end up with a larger boat, but that would be catering to > "luxuries". > Gary > _______________________________________________ > Power-Catamaran Mailing List