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If you look at my photos there is a swim step mounted on my boat. The step was origionally mountes on the Starboard side and I remounted it on the port side.
The top hand hold gets through bolted on the top rail but the lower bolts just hit air behind the skin. I used stainless toggler bolts through the skin and resealed the hull when i bolted it on. It was the same situation on both sides. My Montauk is a 1983.

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