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Bruce,
Edson makes a really nice boarding ladder called a one step that makes it much easier to get in and out of a dinghy. It is basically a cast aluminum step that comes with some ropes and snap shackles and loops around a stanchion or whatever else you wanted to use in the cockpit. When you are on the boat, you just store it in a cockpit lazarette. I think Sailnet sells them or if not you can call Edson for more info as to where to get it.