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I have a low transom on my work skiff, and it is wide too. That's
helps when bobbing in the surf for sure. For those of you who have not
seen it, here are some pics.
www.yaimkool.com
I have been watching my transom a lot since all of these discussions
and with all the wakes and such, the wide transom keeps it floating
pretty high, even in a following sea. The only water I take in is
splash off the bow, square chines, and slight rake make this a wet
boat going into the wind and sea, it would take something to take
water over the sides though.



It's really only an issue for inexperienced boaters and the usual snots
here trying to get the kind of rise from the newsgroup they can't get
from their own equipment.

When I was a little kid I used to go out fishing several mornings a week
in the summer with an old man who lived in the cottage next to ours at
the beach. He had a 12' skiff with a 15" transom and a 3 hp Evinrude.
We'd go four or five miles out into Long Island Sound to one of his
"spots," where we'd haul in a bunch of porgies and the occasional
striper. Sometimes the Sound was flat as a pancake and sometimes it was
choppy to rough. I don't recall ever seeing water come in over the
transom. Like your boat, though, it was a wet ride.

Some of the most common boats in Florida are Carolina Skiffs. They're
everywhere. Low transoms, low sides, wet rides, but perfectly safe, even
offshore, in the hands of experienced boaters.