Calif Bill wrote:
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For the pussyboaters.

Trying to cure their defects?
Not in this case. Everyone I have encountered in person on the water or at
the dealer expos or in the actual boater discussion groups has either not
opted for the damned dam (!) or has removed it because it is unnecessary.
Except for one guy, that is. The top of the transom at the motor cutout
already is 25" minimum, and the dam adds about 11" to that.

Two of my last three small boats had "motor well" transoms. The third was
an open 20" transom. If a large stern wave wants to come aboard, it fills
up the well and flows right over it into the cockpit, and then the issue
is getting rid of the water in a hurry. Same if you take a greenie over
the bow. The issue is to get rid of the water, fast. If you have a a
"motor well" transom and only a pair of bitty scuppers to drain the
cockpit, well, you might have an ocean of trouble in your boat.

Typically, when a wave hits the stern, the stern simply rises. Sometimes
you might get a little water aboard. If you do, the scuppers drain it.
That's been my experience for more than 50 years. I rarely boat on small
inland lakes, but if most of my experience was on small, protected bodies
of water, I might be afraid of the ocean, too.

So the best boat for the ocean is a flat raft. Low transom, low sides.
Drains fast.




Thank you for your contribution to the discussion, Forrest.