Yup. Seen this set up LOTS in the US.
Like cordoroys, bell bottoms, skinny jeans, there is fashion in the boat world.
WOULD BE AN EASY FIX to fab up a sea wall so that nothing flows out (tackle boxes and small kids???) if the boat took water on a big wave. Just get some of that 3/4 inch puck board, some stainless steel angle iron, and stainless steel hardware. Cut a couple of scuppers and you mount them low, and you are modern!
Drewski