Transfer from wheelchair to motorboat

Transfers using adapted platform and attachment to swimming ladder
User transfers from dock to platform on boat’s swimming ladder
User transfers from dock to platform on boat’s swimming ladder

In order to get as close to the boat as possible with the wheelchair the boat is backed in at its mooring. Mooring uses y booms. A platform built of pressure-treated pine rests between the Y booms closest to the dock.

First the user transfers to a teak platform attached to the swimming ladder (see associated tip) and then transfers down to the boat aft seat of the boat.

Made by
The user

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Building supply center

User sitting on platform
User sitting on platform
User sitting on platform and moving legs into boat
User sitting on platform and moving legs into boat
User transfers onto boat
User transfers onto boat

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Transfer to boat – teak platform on swimming ladder
Transfer to boat – teak platform on swimming ladder

Swimming ladder adaptation to facilitate transfers between wheelchair and boat.

Bringing the wheelchair onto the motorboat
Bringing the wheelchair onto the motorboat

Moving wheelchair onto boat.

Author: Micke

M. hade en paraplegi, Th 5. Avliden 2019.
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Type of disability

High paraplegia with impaired balance (Th2-10)

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