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rseas
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Swimstep/Swim Platform

Post by rseas » Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:09 am

We are now a two boat household. Our new family member is in need of a swim platform. I am looking for a full width composite swim platform sturdy enough to support a small (4 stroke 9.9 Yammy) kicker motor. This will not be a replacement but a new install. Looking for manufacture reccomendations. I can do the install just not familiar with the differnt companies that manufacture swim platforms.

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Re: Swimstep/Swim Platform

Post by kodacachers » Mon Jul 06, 2015 1:19 pm

I looked into a swim platform for a Bluewater Sportsman I used to have. I think it was from Swim Platforms, Inc. They wanted $1500.00 and that seemed to be the going rate--too much for me. Good luck though!

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Re: Swimstep/Swim Platform

Post by rhodes19 » Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:30 pm

I know a guy that does great work. I just don't have a thought on his prices. How about I send a PM?

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Re: Swimstep/Swim Platform

Post by high country » Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:44 am

You may want to look to some local fab shops if you can't find what you want at west marine. I built one for my boat from stainless tubing and topped it with trex when I started looking at the prices of aftermarket.

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Re: Swimstep/Swim Platform

Post by kokanee1 » Wed Sep 16, 2015 6:24 am

Rseas, did you ever find some one to make swim platform? I'm looking for one for my alumaweld Stryker. I know three rivers can make one but I'm looking for a less expensive option. Thanks Mike

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Re: Swimstep/Swim Platform

Post by kokanee1 » Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:09 am

Okay here is my new swim platform with pull out ladder. Had it made by Whodat towers in Olympia. They built my tower last year too. They do fantastic work.
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Swim platform with slide out ladder and grab handle. Also fits a cooler.

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Re: Swimstep/Swim Platform

Post by AJ's Dad » Thu Feb 04, 2016 6:50 am

Looks really nice. Would you care to share their price and approximate dimensions?

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Re: Swimstep/Swim Platform

Post by kokanee1 » Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:19 pm

:cheers: About $550 with tax custom made and installed. Bolted all the way through the transom and sealed with 5200. Another $100 for the stainless steel ladder I purchase online. It's about 18x18 inches. I had bids with 2 other boat/aluminum fab shops that came in at $1400. When I first received the bids I said forget it but then called whodat a few months later. Glad I did!

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Re: Swimstep/Swim Platform

Post by stryker17 » Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:34 pm

check out my post on March 25 last year, in boat and boating topics. The pictures are of the swim step I had made for for my stryker last year. It has worked out great, I had it made a little different for my wife and I, sorry I don't know how to repost the pictures, was made by a guy in Marysville, not sure if he still does them............

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