DSK wrote:

MC wrote:


A reverse transom is still lighter


Sorry, not true. A canoe stern, or almost any double-ender type stern, is
better triangulated than any transom. After your long diatribe about
trusses, I don't see how you can avoid agreeing... unless of course, you're
just plain full of crap.

No think of this: A flat reverse transom is lighter because no material
is added beyond that associated with the aft section. Think of the
amount of curved material in a cnaoe stern that does not contribute to
hull performance! The nearly flat transom has to resist mostly
compression of the hull section but as you can see from sugar scoops and
cut aways that is not that large. Put another way, closing the transom
mostly stops waves boarding. Thus the baot structure does not need the
weight of the structure of the canoe to be strong as strength is less of
an issue. Do you get it now -as for strength, have you seen a transom
crushed by waves -or does one design boats for ramming exercises?



and faster than a canoe and is
designed to be strong enough. Your argument is ridiculous.


Hey, I'm not the one agreeing with Jax


But he he knew the answer to your question.

Cheers