"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:59:31 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

When it happens on a small boat, it happens fast.

In my opinion, some of these "events' all relate to boat design. Open
transom work ok, but I'd rather have something more back there than a
hole.

I've often wondered why none of the majors in the small CC fishing
market have gone back to the tried and true center well outboards. In
my opinion, those are the safest for variety of reasons including
placing stern way on the boat for any number of reasons.

Inshore lobster men used these types of boats for years - most based
on the Swampscott Dory and/or Amesbury Dory designs. It's a clean
design, efficient, actually adds interior room and is the safest.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. :)

Transom design seems to be a regional item also. Rarely is a low transom /
open transom boat seen on the West Coast. We get lots of nasty wind waves
on top of 8'+ swells. Florida and the Gulf regions are a lot calmer than
the Pacific. When the
Atlantic gets nasty is mostly winter when very few boat.