Around 8/17/2007 3:54 AM, Vic Smith wrote:

Oh, I'm learning a bit about transom cutouts, following seas, ocean
drift fishing, crab pot entanglement, etc. That's good, but I've read
about many sinkings in countless accident reports.
Transom cutouts were never raised as the root cause of any accident
to the best of my recollection.
But some here decided to climb into the ring with Harry, wearing
transom cutout jock straps.
All I see is Harry tossing them over the ropes. Too funny.

Hmm... It is all rather entertaining, and at the very least it's on
topic.

Now I'm open-minded about it. When I first saw how close to the water
that Parker cutout is, it raised my inexperienced eyebrows.
I have almost swamped low transom boats when backing in lakes, but
have zilch experience with small boats in "heavy" seas.

It is NOT something to be done lightly or without experience, but it IS
possible to run in heavy seas with very little freeboard, a low transom,
and an inadequate splashwell. I do NOT recommend it unless you know
_exactly_ what you're doing, and have lots of luck.

Been there, unintentionally done that, didn't have fun (when they say
small craft warning, they mean something a *little* larger than
Blue-Boat!), and now unless it's an emergency I will stay in port if the
winds are even hinting that they might be higher than the length of my boat.



Me, I'm just a curious spectator. Pass the popcorn.

Seconded! Do we have any salt or melted butter to go with that?


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