Inside swim platform... what is this handle for???

[Gym]

Phew, I'm glad you guys figured that out before I suggested it was the remote toilet flush.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

Okay I guess that makes sense, but why would they bury a handle inside a platform?? Other than to make people like us scratch our heads and ask "why would they bury a handle inside the platform"?

My guess is that the valve may be a USCG requirement in order to get the certification.

 

[Julian]

Agree with Murf, likely USCG requirement to have a shutoff valve on any though hull water intakes so that if a pipe breaks you can shut off the incoming water flow- and needs to be accessible without removing the whole tray...so they put the extended handle on it so you can reach it from the access port.

 

[Jump Right In]

But yet they don't tell anybody it exists! I thought I read through each page of the manual, and don't recall any references to the toilet flushing, wind up, turbo charged handle!