Recently, Capt. Vijay Sharma published a very nice tutorial on the correct rigging of a pilot ladder on Youtube: The link to this video can also be found on te “reference” page of this website.
Stepping up for pilot safety
source: Maritimejournal.com Pilot ladders are such a risk “that one pilot referred to climbing them as a ‘leap of faith’,” Madelaine Dowd of Helm Innovation told MJ. Incidents have caused “broken ankles, hips, backs, head injuries, near drownings – and fatalities,” added Don Cockrill, former UK Maritime Pilots Association lead. […]
