We usually go up to the bow via the port side as the starboard has the air horns and shore power connections. We also have the full enclosure and leave the Bimini top up.
This was the question I had, but didn't know how to ask. I'm going to order a step ladder for gunwale access, but now only for the port side. Mostly never do I go forward on starboard side, as the third time I kicked the horns I learned to avoid that route. I'm quick like that.