Oceanwarryer,
If you can get you hand on one, you'll love it, it is great place to go fishing too, on ours, we leave the cooler attached on the platform and it makes a great seat as well. I leave the cooler slightly on the Port side and we still can open the ladder trap to get the ladder out and in the water. We also use the platform to board the dinghy. The rail is also great to put the outboard motor on and the bbq. We love our set up. we reinforced our rail on the port side to better support our 2.5 hp outboard (check my modifications album...)