Installing the windvane took some engineering so that we could suspend the windvane while we marked the location and drilled the holes. We knew that we would have issues with our swim platform and swim ladder. Fortunately, it wasn't as big a mess as we originally suspected. We're able to still use both the ladder and the platform. While underway they both reside on the aft deck. When we use them, we put n aluminum pipe through the old pivot point. Good to go!