With spring approaching I want to tackle an issue from last season.
When we purchased our Santego last spring one of the big selling factors was the nice big extended add on swim platform.
The platform sits very close to the surface of the water and thought that was a great feature. Nice and roomy and easy to re-board the boat from a swim.

However we noticed it dragged in the water when underway especially when attempting to get the boat on plane.
Then it started to become loose. As in almost falling off.
One other thing i should mention is that the boat needed a bit of a tune up as getting on plane was quite difficult. Now with the engines running better and the platform off, getting the boat on plane is much easier. The lack of power to get on plane may have contributed to the platform dragging in the water.

I decided to remove the platform and deal with it the next season. Well that season is almost here.
It was never attached properly in my opinion. Only bolted through the factory intergrated swim platform with very small bolts. No support struts underneath at all.
I was thinking of having it re-attached higher up on the stern to have more clearance to the water but that may not be too easy and might look kinda stupid.

So should I raise the platform up and install some support struts?
Or
Should I keep it lower down and install some support struts?

Any insight from some fellow Carver owners would be appreciated.

Here is a picture of how the platform was mounted originally

Here is a pic of the factory intregrated platform without the extension
Another pic of the extended platform from the side