swim platforms????????

[ladder4sfd]

hAS ANYONE EVER BOUGHT A PLATFORM FROM A COMPANY CALLED SWIMPLATFORMS IN AZ? THEY CUSTOM MAKE PLATFORMS FOR YOUR BAOT AND WAS WONDERING HOW GOOD THEY ARE AND WHAT ANYONES THOUGHT ON ADDING ONE TO YOUR BOAT. I HAVE A 2005 180 CROWNLINE BUT THEY DONT MAKE THIS FEATURE AVAILABLE FOR THIS BOAT!!

 

[RatFish]

Re: swim platforms????????

From what I recall, they are expensive. I looked into one for a 2004 Bayliner 205, I think the price quote was around $1000 plus shipping.

 

[QC]

Re: swim platforms????????

If the price and shape etc. are right, make sure you think about anything else you might add to the stern i.e. trim tabs etc. Also, make sure there are no trailer issues and of course that you can get the drive all of the way up!!

 

[Dunaruna]

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Make one, seriously. It's not that difficult.

 

[crazy charlie]

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Ladder,I highly recommend swimplatforms.com I ordered a swim platform from them 2 years ago.I could not be happier with the platform they made for me.Scott is the main man there and used to make the platforms for SeaRay and then went out on his own.I wanted to update my boat which had a teak platform.I traced out a template from the old platform and sent him a few pictures of the underside of the platform and my transom.I told him that I wanted it larger and he custom made a platform for my boat to my specs.He even colored it to the exact color of my boat.The guy was fantastic.The whole process took about a month with sending the template and marking where the supports should go and emailing pictures and he sent me color samples and he wound up doing it from a sample of my hull color.And get this....He never asked me for a dime until it was complete and ready to ship.Thats unheard of!!!My total cost with shipping was about $1400. 10 feet wide by about 4 feet deep with a stainless ladder underneath...A large platform!! It made my boat look like new.Do a swim platform search,I posted pictures of the finished product here last year.As I said before,I highly recommend them.I priced platforms and there was no comparison at all.I am as happy with the platform as I could possibly be. Charlie

 

[snapperbait]

Re: swim platforms????????

Make one, seriously. It's not that difficult. <br />

That's right... And, you don't need teak either... Built mine for less than $100..<br />

<br />That's plain ol lumber yard 1"x4" and 1"x2" Fir, glued with epoxy and screwed together with SS screws, then sanded and coated with Behr(sp? Bher, behr) deck stain...<br /><br />The transom brackets (4 of them) are made of 3"x6", 1/4" thick aluminum scraps that I bent in a vice, with a little heat and a hammer... All the transom brackets have large aluminum backing plates inside the boat...<br /><br />The 4 support rods are 1" stainless steel tube.. The ends of the tubes were flattened and bent in a vice..<br /><br />About the only "special tool" you'd need to make one like mine is a table saw to rip down the small spacer pieces..

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: swim platforms????????

VERY nice SB!!<br /><br />A variation of that is to hinge it and use SS chain for supports.<br /><br />Aldo

 

[RatFish]

Re: swim platforms????????

Nice job snapperbait.

 

[snapperbait]

Re: swim platforms????????

Thank ya, Fellers!.. <br /><br />I almost went with the chain and hinge deal, Dunaruna..