Can you guys post up some links to swim ladders that mount sturdy on the Aristo Craft 9-Teen.
i can't as i don't have one. but i'd guess if ya call AristoCraft, they may be able to suggest something. i'm pretty sure Nineteens came with swim ladders as an option from the factory.
I'd like to be able to just quickly mount one
imho, i doubt ya'd mount one 'quickly'. i'd think ya'd need backing plates and the inside transom of a Nineteen is pretty cram packed w/stuff. like foam in the way and the fuel tank. mostly i've seen them mounted on the port side.
My wife and kids are all little
in lew of a mounted ladder, i have a three step portable one. for light folks that can swim, it works real good. i'm about 175 and it works good for me too. + it stashes away under the seats when not in use. only thing i don't like about what i do is that it's somewhat painful to get out from under the seats. also, folks that don't swim well and are heavy have had trouble getting up the ladder. least that's been my experience.
food for thought. drive climbing. kinda dangerous for the feet if yer not careful. but i've been doing it since i was a kid. and the Nineteen lends itself to this behavior for me. right foot on the trim ram pin at the aft end of the drive. grab the rail, and push with yer foot, pull with your arms. the hard part is spinning around to seat yourself on the deck. but i can do it easy enough that for me, i don't generally deploy the ladder. your a little heavier than i am. if ya try that ya might put yer load on the rail to see if it'll support your hole weight though. my 175lbs flexes that rail some.
i think ya might be making one. our convex transoms might make any aftermarket swim ladder hard to mount. just a guess though.
like i said, for me, i like to be a drive climber. it works....and i don't have drill holes in my boat to use it either, which i think is a plus. less holes, less opportunity for leaks or water intrusion..
edit. fwiw, do figure something out for being able to get back in your boat by yourself. falling out (or jumping out) of a boat w/o a way to get back in can be deadly depending on the situation. i watched a movie the other day. everyone on a big sailboat went for a swim. they din't deploy the ladder. most of the died because they couldn't get back in the tall boat.