My thread about swim ladders morphed into swim platforms and some of you asked to see the idea I was working on in that regard. Here's a picture of what I'm going for. The teak platform would replace the bottom half of the ladder (it's temporarily resting on the bottom half here to visualize it). Would use coated lifeline cable for supports and possibly add a drop down ladder and/or grab handles.
(http://i.imgur.com/bT8GK3R.jpg)
That looks pretty cool! Can you tell me where you got all the parts? I have to start from scratch. Looks like a good thing!