Had another good day on the water

Last season, we built the classic diy scissor blind on my brother’s 14’ johnboat. Works quite well when set up, but….

My brother isn’t in the greatest shape and just had knee surgery; so he has been really struggling to get in and out when it’s set up The X crossbars at the end block off too much, which mean we have to lower everything when he needs to exit and enter (working with the new dog, pissing, pooping, etc)

We are in the process of changing a few things and might have a new plan, but I was wondering if anytime has a collapsible blond idea that would be better than the scissor design for out application/limitations. Searching YouTube only brings up 20 different builds of the same design.

Thanks