Boat
Swim platform
Swim platform on the transom
Transom · 7 steps
Step by step
The platform’s bolts landed right where the autopilot’s linear drive block sits inside, so I had to build a custom mount to work around it. Then epoxy-fill every hole I drilled.
The steps
Step 01 · Transom
Before: boarding ladder
Step 02 · Transom
Mock-up on the hard
Step 03 · Inside the transom
In the way: the autopilot block
The platform’s bolts landed right where the autopilot’s linear drive block sits inside, so I had to build a custom mount to work around it.
In the model
A pyramid-shaped block glassed to the inside of the transom, starboard side. It takes the drive’s push.
Step 04 · Transom
Drilling the transom
Then epoxy-fill every hole I drilled.
Step 05 · Transom
Bracket mounts
Step 06 · Transom
Done
In the model
Two slotted panels across the full width of the transom, framed in stainless, just above the waterline. (Mount details stylised.)
Step 07 · Transom
At the dock
