So heres a question for the boc world... would like a larger swim platform. wondering if I could grab one from a salvaged boat or ebay and make it fit my boat. I know one can purchase extended decks but, im not too thrilled about the price that goes along with it. Anyone ever done it?
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Good morning....
The transom on your Victoria is certainly strong enough and is stiffened completely across it. The transom is also completely square, unlike most of the boats Bayliner made from the early 1980's on. You need to keep this in mind as you look for used platforms out there.
Where you do have to be careful is how high the platform is mounted relative to the waterline. As I recall the swim platform on the 2750 was low to the water line and where you get into problems is accelerating with the boat. Extended platforms want to drop or dig into the water which can create several problems. First, this can reduce the time to plane and cause other unwanted performance problems. Second, the water pressure can easily damage the platform or the mounting hardware. You will notice on the models Bayliner did add larger platforms to they were moved up high on the hull and some even mount to the deck across the transom.
For years Bayliner stayed away from extended platforms for these reasons. A lot of tests were done in an attempt to find the balance between too low (causing all of the problems mentioned above) and too high (eliminating many oof the things you want to do on an extended platform).
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Thanks for the advice.. that would be why i had spray on my camper top yesterday after running her.
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The back spray is due to what's called "the station wagon effect" which is caused as the boat develops a vacuum while it's running forward in the water. This same "effect" is how people can get into trouble with CO if they aren't careful.
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RedRover wrote:
The back spray is due to what's called "the station wagon effect" which is caused as the boat develops a vacuum while it's running forward in the water. This same "effect" is how people can get into trouble with CO if they aren't careful.
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RedRover wrote:
Good morning....
The transom on your Victoria is certainly strong enough and is stiffened completely across it. The transom is also completely square, unlike most of the boats Bayliner made from the early 1980's on. You need to keep this in mind as you look for used platforms out there.
Where you do have to be careful is how high the platform is mounted relative to the waterline. As I recall the swim platform on the 2750 was low to the water line and where you get into problems is accelerating with the boat. Extended platforms want to drop or dig into the water which can create several problems. First, this can reduce the time to plane and cause other unwanted performance problems. Second, the water pressure can easily damage the platform or the mounting hardware. You will notice on the models Bayliner did add larger platforms to they were moved up high on the hull and some even mount to the deck across the transom.
For years Bayliner stayed away from extended platforms for these reasons. A lot of tests were done in an attempt to find the balance between too low (causing all of the problems mentioned above) and too high (eliminating many oof the things you want to do on an extended platform).
Doug
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