Installing under the platform swim ladder
 

I bought an under the platform swim ladder for my 242ls. The ladder comes with nuts and bolts which require you to drill a hole and get a nut on the inside of the platform. How do I get a nut on the inside?? Or can I just screw the ladder on with some thick sheet metal screws or something similiar? Anyone install one before?

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I put a new ladder under my platform an just screwed it in. It took 12 good size screws to attach it`s not going any where. I have had my platform off thier is no way to get in that section.The platform was made in two sections bottom half and upper, when they put the holes in they glassed in nylock nuts to hold the small bolt that would run up thru the platform. I just moved mine to the other side.

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Masi did you use just simple silicon to seal the bolts? Also any reason why you didnt go further to the left side ??

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Yes, I used a good silcone to seal everthing and it has been fine. The reason I didn`t go futher to the left is I didn`t want the ladder hitting the back of the platform because it starts to curve. I used a 3 step ladder very easy for the kids to get on the boat now.

good luck

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I just added a Sea Ranger ladder to my original Formula mounts.

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Awesome Thanks guys.

Mo power where is Pitman, NJ?? You ever come up to Lake Hopatcong?

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Pitman is about 40 west of Atlantic City in Gloucester County. I think Hopatcong is a little small for my boat :(

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Nice job Mo, very clean looking 272 an you get to keep it under cover, luck you :D At least this is a job you don`t have to get upside down for :D

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Mopower,
Where did you buy that Sea Ranger ladder? Did those tubing adaptors come with the ladder or is that something you had fabbed?

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I got the ladder from Boat US/West Marine. Yes , a friend of mine who used to be a machinist made them from 1" stainless stock.
After a number of years of searching this was the widest ladder I've found. The 4 step is wider that the three step because the add the forth step to the top and of course its larger in diameter.

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Masi is that aftermarket exhaust on your boat?

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OH YEAH LOOK UP HIS THREAD AND VIDEO, SWEET SET UP WISH HE WOULD MAKE ONE FOR ME.......

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I see the water draining out of the platform...Is that piped through the platform or is just through the platform like the factory setup? It sounds good!

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Yes it is piped all the way, when the exhaust exits the transom it dumps into a stainless then into the pipes. The water you see coming out of the platform comes from holes I put in the .s.s box, then I drilled holes in the platform for extra drainage


Thanks 88 so far so good :drink: