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"CalifBill" wrote:
Rarely is a low transom /
open transom boat seen on the West Coast.

I'll take your word on this part.

Florida and the Gulf regions are a lot calmer than
the Pacific.

But I'll respectfully disagree with this part ;-)

Rick

We have a couple of thousand miles of open ocean for the winds to come
across before they hit our coast. Plus if you get a South wind, it beats
against a current from the north.