I know what you mean about 3ft waves, following seas, etc -- coming in and going out of the Shalotte Inlet on the NC coast is a tense experience (One reason we want a bigger boat) and I would certainly have that platform raised at all times in "big water" unless it was calm and we were sta...

You can't get rudders all the way up, on a semi plane I can see the rudders draging in water that will effect direction control. To much weight aft. Stearage would be a major problem in 2ft. waves or greater, transum platform can dig in waves over 3 ft. or less. The rudders and steerage wouldnt be ...

Have considered this mod? http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/index.php?view=1251 Wow looking at that mod, it almost looks like they were made by the same craftsman (the handle on the top left of the platform looks identical to the downfacing handle on the one I posed, also the tubing looks identi...

My wife and I are considering upgrading to a 26x from a San Juan 21 (our home waters can get suddenly shallow so from experience I know we will need the X's swing keel). There are two requirements I have for a new boat, but I'll only address one for this thread -- and that is a decent swim platform....