"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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My model Parker is available with a "splash board" that would repel
backwash and keep it out of the cockpit. I know of one guy who ordered
it with his boat, on the 21' pilothouse model. He removed it. They're
just not necessary, except, maybe to guys who imagine they boat on Lake
LAnier with imaginary boats.

You have got to be kidding. An otherwise reputable boat manufacturer
like Parker offers a "splash board"?
Why don't they just build it right to begin with?

Splash boards are an apology for poor engineering and design.

Eisboch


Why would I want to give up 2' of usable boat at the stern for something
as silly and useless as a "motor well"? The notched transom design is a
desired feature for fishermen who like utilitarian boats and don't like to
give up valuable real estate for something that only gets in the way of
fishing. You don't really think a bitty motor well is going to keep the
ocean out of a small boat. There are dozens of boats manufactured for
fishermen with transom designs similar to the one on my Parker.

I suppose if you are an inexperienced boater you'd think the motor well
design adds something.

The low transom / open transom was never popular on the West Coast. To many
large seas probably.