Because they look dumb. My boat had one on, the one thing I didn't like
about her. It's mounted with clevis pins so I figured it'd be easy to take
off. However, we discovered how handy it is. It's good for swimming (well,
duh) but it's great for boarding and loading/unloading stuff from a dinghy.
It's a small , teak one.

Scotty



"Philip Carroll" wrote in message
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A friend of mine gave me the platform off his 26' powerboat, and I am
considering using it on my sailboat. I cant think of a better boarding
platform for an inflatable. Any thoughts as to why we don't see more of
these on sailboats? I know we see the sugar scoop transoms on some newer
boats, but why not platforms? Thanks, Wes Carroll