I have a 2017 F24 Tomcat and the swim deck sits about 6" off the water without the ballasts filled. My wife wanted a ladder to make it easier to get onto the boat. After looking everywhere and getting no help I ordered a $85 telescoping ladder on amazon. Comes with 8 mounting screws which I tried but after a couple weeks my 220lbs nephew pulled it out. I bought 4 stainless steel through bolts and it worked like a charm. Only downside is that you can see the screw heads on the gator step on the swim platform but it doesn't look bad in my opinion. if you didnt want to see the screws you can remove the center section of gator step, install the ladder, then put a new center piece of gator step back on. Folks at MB told me they could probably get me just the center piece for about $150. Honestly, it looks fine so i am going to save the $150 and couple hours it would take to replace it.