"Now let's examine the studies findings on vessels that sank while underway.
The single most critical reason boats are flooded on open water has to do
with transom height. Thirteen of the 15 boats in this category were
outboard-powered and the engine cutouts were often only inches above the
water. The motor wells in some cases were too low, too shallow, and too slow
to drain. The lack of freeboard aft allowed seas to board, "pooping" the
boat as water came over the stern. Slow draining wells caused the boat to
sit lower on her lines due to the weight of the water, further compounding
the problem of low transom height. Another contributing factor is typically
weight distribution. The addition of trolling motors, large coolers, and
bait wells, among other things, decrease buoyancy aft and trim the vessel
down by the stern, in turn decreasing freeboard aft."

Excerpted from "Why do boats sink" by Ocean Marine Services Marine
Surveyors.

http://www.oceanmarineservices.com/w...boats_sink.htm

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"Now let's examine ........


Can you spell "obsessed"?

JimH wrote:
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He's just part of the group of a**holes who try and try and try to get a
rise out of me. I doubt they have much success in the rest of their
lives, either. :}

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:22:44 -0400, HK wrote:

He's just part of the group of a**holes who try and try and try to get a
rise out of me. I doubt they have much success in the rest of their
lives, either. :}

With all due respect Harry, you do seem a bit sensitive about it. I
was reassured however when you said it can't happen to you.

NOYBY, Shortwave and I have all been hung up on crab pots or lobster
pots at one time or another, so it's good to know that someone has
figured out how to avoid them.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:22:44 -0400, HK wrote:

He's just part of the group of a**holes who try and try and try to get a
rise out of me. I doubt they have much success in the rest of their
lives, either. :}

With all due respect Harry, you do seem a bit sensitive about it. I
was reassured however when you said it can't happen to you.

NOYBY, Shortwave and I have all been hung up on crab pots or lobster
pots at one time or another, so it's good to know that someone has
figured out how to avoid them.

It is very easy to avoid them, just don't use the boat.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:22:44 -0400, HK wrote:

He's just part of the group of a**holes who try and try and try to get a
rise out of me. I doubt they have much success in the rest of their
lives, either. :}

With all due respect Harry, you do seem a bit sensitive about it. I
was reassured however when you said it can't happen to you.

NOYBY, Shortwave and I have all been hung up on crab pots or lobster
pots at one time or another, so it's good to know that someone has
figured out how to avoid them.


I've been hung up on one, too. But I have as much small boat-salt water
experience as anyone posting here, and I don't see it as an issue with
the boat I just bought. Of the rough water issues I cannot easily
control by boatmanship or reflexes, I am more concerned about taking a
greenie over the bow and the amount of time it takes to get the possibly
huge volume of water out of the boat. If I were concerned about the
transom on the new Parker, I'd install a splash board.

It's kinda funny to read this stuff here, especially from the dryland
boaters. The "Euro" transom on most small boats or the "full transoms"
with motor wells on most small boats aren't going to keep those boats
from swamping by waves coming over the transom. The water will pour
aboard and just keep coming, and the little bitty drain holes at the
transom aren't going to help.

It's kinda funny to read this stuff here, especially from the dryland
boaters.

Yep, nothing better to do with their time that jerk themselves off ranting
on newsgroups.

"HK" wrote in message
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He's just part of the group of a**holes who try and try and try to get a
rise out of me. I doubt they have much success in the rest of their lives,
either. :}


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Eisboch ..... :-)

Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..

He's just part of the group of a**holes who try and try and try to get a
rise out of me. I doubt they have much success in the rest of their lives,
either. :}


http://www.eisboch.com/2qun2jm.jpg

Eisboch ..... :-)




Gosh...the possibility of getting wet while on a boat...the horror of it.

HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..

He's just part of the group of a**holes who try and try and try to
get a rise out of me. I doubt they have much success in the rest of
their lives, either. :}


http://www.eisboch.com/2qun2jm.jpg

Eisboch ..... :-)



Gosh...the possibility of getting wet while on a boat...the horror of it.

Everyone will get wet on a boat, but if you can get a quality boat
without a large hole in the transom, one that will stay substantially
drier than one with a very low transom why would one want to?

Now if you actually went boating in the early spring and late fall, you
would appreciate the reason why most boats don't have a large hole cut
out of the transom.