My husband saw the new FP Astrea at the MIA
Boat Show last month and one of the features he liked was the hydraulic swim platform. I know there is some controversy regarding it. We are looking at it as a modification to accommodate my husbands handicap. He had a very bad
accident, broke his knee into 9 pieces, and now has some arthritis. He can't straighten it and often limps. He has a really difficult time getting in and out of the
dinghy because of it. The swim platform would make this so much easier for him as we could lower it to a level where he could easily step in, alleviating a major source of stress for him, and potentially protect him from slipping and hurting his knee further.
We are not going to
purchase the Astrea for a variety of reasons and instead will buy one used. I'm wondering if there is a company that has these for post market installations? Someone must make the ones they are putting on the production cats these days. Do we know who makes those? I'd like to look into pricing and what is involved in installing them.
I have googled and the only ones I can find are more for
power boats where they flip up... we would want one that raises up and down.
Thanks in advance.