My Swim Platform Before and After

[Iprof]

Well it's all done, after seeing Dave's (88dancer300) extended swim platform I decided last year that I would be doing the same. Here is the before and after pictures. I have taken a lot of pictures and I will post them once I have a chance to put every thing all together.

Thanks for the help and encouragement Dave, you sure saved me a lot of time.

Ken

 

[Quint4]

Looks great. The platform was the best upgrade to my boat yet.

 

[Big Island Lifer]

looks awesome!

 

[88dancer300]

Looks great Ken! Size does matter. I'm glad I could help. Enjoy it.

Well it's all done, after seeing Dave's (88dancer300) extended swim platform I decided last year that I would be doing the same. Here is the before and after pictures. I have taken a lot of pictures and I will post them once I have a chance to put every thing all together.

Thanks for the help and encouragement Dave, you sure saved me a lot of time.

Ken

 

[MonacoMike]

Nice addition. Love ours. MM

 

[skolbe]

Looks great!

 

[PlayTime]

That is awesome! Where can I get one for my 270?

 

[DKRanger22]

Dave, Ken: I've always admired that mod, and would love that on my Weekender. Can I inquire about the process and level of difficulty? Does one need to be a "glass expert" to tackle this?

 

[KatzNDogs]

Love it. I'm doing it next fall. Waiting for your pictures.

 

[Iprof]

Thank you every one for the complements

Dave, Ken: I've always admired that mod, and would love that on my Weekender. Can I inquire about the process and level of difficulty? Does one need to be a "glass expert" to tackle this?

The degree of difficulty is not that high, I would put it at about a 7.5 out of 10. One thing that is nice with fiberglass if you make a mistake you grind it off and start over. You don't need to be an expert on fiberglass at all.

Love it. I'm doing it next fall. Waiting for your pictures.

I would like to work with Dave to do a write up with pictures and instructions on doing this project. I have a lot of pictures and made notes as I went, I know there are things that I could have done in a different order and it would have made things faster and a little easier.

Ken

 

[Gofirstclass]

That's a great addition to your boat. I've often wondered why boat makers don't just add something like that when the boats are built. Makes them so much more "user friendly".

Nice job and thanks for the pics.

GFC

 

[JVM225]

I would love to do that to my boat. It would be nice to find an extra swim platform to practice on.

 

[Iprof]

I agree the swim platforms are made too small, my fiend has a 32 Maxum and the original platform was just like mine to small to do any thing, a platform from swimplatform dot com was added and the extra room is great.

If you could find a swim platform off a 80's 300 grab it, I have not totaled my costs on this project but I think it will be under $500.00 maybe just over but I will post that this week.

Well there was one other thing that I added to the platform and tonight I got pictures. Now I know people either hate them or love them but I did add 5 blue LED's to the underside of the swim platform. I will connect them into the power for the cockpit lights, I pulled the bulbs in the Radar Arch have the top up and turn them on and they burn a hole through the tops plastic window. I did pick up 2- LED for the arch last summer but I'm not sure about installing them. These lights are not the $14,000 ones posted in another thread, they are not not even the $56.00 ones that some one else posted. These cost me $18.00 for 6 and that included $6.00 for shipping, stop laughing. I figured for the $18.00 investment what the heck, they are water proof and I got them from a motor cycle shop in BC Canada. The same lights can be bought on e-bay with shipping for around $12.00, some one posted a link and they are the same light.

These two pictures were taken about 30 minutes apart, it was still not totally dark out. In the first picture you can see the location of the lights and a reflection on the trim tab but the second picture really shows the effect a lot better.

Ken

 

[DKRanger22]

I would like to work with Dave to do a write up with pictures and instructions on doing this project. I have a lot of pictures and made notes as I went, I know there are things that I could have done in a different order and it would have made things faster and a little easier.

Ken - I would love to see a step-by-step tutorial! That would be fantastic. Looking forward to this...

 

[CAGE RATTLER]

Very nice mod.

Looks great.

I'd love mine a lil longer as well.
I cant even sit on my platform without haveing to lean forward due to the way the back of the boat angles out.

 

[88dancer300]

Ken, looks nice all done with the lights on. I have red ones under mine. I would like to work with you to present a complete how to on this mod. Between the two of us, we have plenty of photos and lots of hours of know how to share. I'm guessing I have about $800.00 ito mine, including the 6 new 1" stainless support tubes and new ladder. To anyone wanting to do this mod.... Pull the platform in the fall, then you have the whole winter to complete it. It is not rocket science at all, just basic carpenrty skills and a little learning curve on fiberglass and gelcoat. You can do this !

 

[Rick K]

Very nice!

 

[Iprof]

Ken, looks nice all done with the lights on. I have red ones under mine. I would like to work with you to present a complete how to on this mod. Between the two of us, we have plenty of photos and lots of hours of know how to share. I'm guessing I have about $800.00 ito mine, including the 6 new 1" stainless support tubes and new ladder. To anyone wanting to do this mod.... Pull the platform in the fall, then you have the whole winter to complete it. It is not rocket science at all, just basic carpenrty skills and a little learning curve on fiberglass and gelcoat. You can do this !

Dave I started writing it up with pictures, I will send you a file in Word 93-2003 format by Wednesday or Thursday. I have just under 100 pictures from start to finish, I believe the Sundancer/Weekender from 1984 or 1985 to 1990 used the same swim platform, that's a lot of boats. I wrote 4 pages last night with pictures on just taking it apart.

Ken

 

[Summer Fun II]

Ken, Very nice !!. :thumbsup: . :thumbsup:

 

[88dancer300]

That sounds good. It will be a good resource on this site.

Dave I started writing it up with pictures, I will send you a file in Word 93-2003 format by Wednesday or Thursday. I have just under 100 pictures from start to finish, I believe the Sundancer/Weekender from 1984 or 1985 to 1990 used the same swim platform, that's a lot of boats. I wrote 4 pages last night with pictures on just taking it apart.

Ken