I'm getting ready to add a swim ladder to my transom because I'm too old and fat to haul myself back into the boat after a capsize or ...well swimming. I bought one like the one in the picture from the gallery below.
I'm wondering about mounting. Since the area where the brackets would be is inaccessible without cutting a hole in the seat front, I am thinking about temporarily mounting the ladder with stainless steel lag screws provided there is enough wood in the transom to hold it. The area where the screws would mount is kind of low on the transom, similar to how this one by user Chris Brown is mounted
I could just drill the holes and find out, but if there isn't enough wood there, I would probably just wait until I have time to cut a hole in the seat front for a deck plate to access for adding backing plates. This of course assumes that whatever wood is there isn't rotted to the point of not being able to hold screws.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
John Brannen