Harbormaster Phil Benner tested new escape ladders at the Small Boat Harbor Monday afternoon, by jumping in fully clothed.
Benner said he wanted to replicate the experience a boater who fell overboard. He swam about 30 feet from a finger to a ladder location at the edge of a float, where he was able to pull himself up. “It works,” he said.
The ladders are important because the wooden floats installed there in recent years…
