Swim platforms Why.

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Why is it almost impossible to buy any sort of non working boat without one of those horrid lumps of plastic hanging on the back,now I know it means that those with weedy boats can pretend that their pride and joy is a "Candyfloss 31" even if it actually only 26 feet long(and three feet of that is a glassfibre snout covering the anchor.
Who actually swims more than once a year in UK to justify the perishing things.?
 
Ah well, my OB aux hangs onto mine,,, just the place for it, and there is stilll room to get on board from the rubber duck. So, yes its a necessary bit of kit for me, and if you catch a reeeeeelly big fish,, its a great place to stand with the landing net or gaff,

Drew
 
The kids use ours whenever we are moored. We have a princess 33 on the upper Thames and almost every day we've used the boat this year, they've used the platform either when swimming or using the dinghy. Happy kids...Happy parents /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I'm quite happy with my "small" one on the back of the S28: it's a useful platform for boarding, putting the tender on, getting in/out of the tender, having a shower down after salty swim, somewhere to jump off. The hull sides extend under the platform a bit, so the effective hull length is increased.

What I don't understand is why mfrs put huge 6-ft bolt on things flying from the back, which don't add to the hull length, but add to the marina bill.

dv.
 
I agree, mostly ugly stuck on 'Tea Trays', I refused to have one on my Larson 240 as it looked so ugly and was so useless, had no choice on the Cranchi as it is built in, half part of the main boat, half hanging over, BUT it is quite useful now I have one /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif The reason being that I can give MDL more money to keep up their high standards /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

They also mean it is hard to get ropes off your props, so for those that like dressing up in wet suits and going over the side a certain winner /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Well, on my Elling (seeing as you raised it on that thread /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif) - I have the dinghy plus we do swim from it quite often (most weekends in the summer). Its also a handy walkway across the boat when rafted - especially one with such high topsides. I do take your point that its quite large dead space if you don't put a dinghy on it though.

Rick
 
Agree about new boats, there bloody enormous and just a good excuse to blag about having a 40ft boat, which is really only about 32ft, the othere way they cheat like buggery is having the transom at 45 deg.

Having said all that, it's the dinghy pontoon, init.
 
Re: Swim platforms Why.

Princess 33 ? Whats that then? Candifloss? You have been talking to some black pudding eating Northerner.
We have a bathing platform on our Prestige 36, if you care to take a closer look you will see that it also has an very large storage locker, which takes the liferaft plus other Sundry kit, I would rather launch my liferaft from there then having to lift it from a lazzarette and throw it over the side.
Great place to board from after a swim too! This summer has been the best for a long time for warm Uk waters and will remain so due to global warming (sic), that is until the effect of the
tax increases in to combat greenhouse gases come into effect.
Our 'Bathing Platform adds only half a metre to the overall length.
Quite frankly my penis is big enough that I don't feel the need to brag about the size of my boat.
 
Swim Platform is not really an accurate description of what their used for in the UK but personally we couldnt be without it. Our boat would be a night mare to get on and off,clean etc
 
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Should you ever have the need to throw the liferaft, heavens forbid, remember that the boat will very likely be going down arse first due the inherant weight of the engines, far better to have the raft on the flybridge, Last bit to sink and no throwing required, that is if you are strong enough to throw a liferaft big cock or not.
 
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I used to feel like that about them. Until the wife fell overboard at 4 am one winter morning. I jumped straight over the back onto the platform and grabbed her. Getting her aboard was so easy. I wouldn't be without one now. Oh and mines a workboat.
 
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Quite frankly my penis is big enough that I don't feel the need to brag about the size of my boat.

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You know where my mooring is. It's not your style. There's no chandler and no rubbish bin for your coffee machine cartridges and on a bad day the kids throw mudpies at your boat.
 
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