"HK" wrote in message
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CalifBill wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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For the pussyboaters.


Trying to cure their defects?

Not in this case. Everyone I have encountered in person on the water or at
the dealer expos or in the actual boater discussion groups has either not
opted for the damned dam (!) or has removed it because it is unnecessary.
Except for one guy, that is. The top of the transom at the motor cutout
already is 25" minimum, and the dam adds about 11" to that.

Two of my last three small boats had "motor well" transoms. The third was
an open 20" transom. If a large stern wave wants to come aboard, it fills
up the well and flows right over it into the cockpit, and then the issue
is getting rid of the water in a hurry. Same if you take a greenie over
the bow. The issue is to get rid of the water, fast. If you have a a
"motor well" transom and only a pair of bitty scuppers to drain the
cockpit, well, you might have an ocean of trouble in your boat.

Typically, when a wave hits the stern, the stern simply rises. Sometimes
you might get a little water aboard. If you do, the scuppers drain it.
That's been my experience for more than 50 years. I rarely boat on small
inland lakes, but if most of my experience was on small, protected bodies
of water, I might be afraid of the ocean, too.

So the best boat for the ocean is a flat raft. Low transom, low sides.
Drains fast.

Calif Bill wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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CalifBill wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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http://tinyurl.com/398dcm



For the pussyboaters.

Trying to cure their defects?
Not in this case. Everyone I have encountered in person on the water or at
the dealer expos or in the actual boater discussion groups has either not
opted for the damned dam (!) or has removed it because it is unnecessary.
Except for one guy, that is. The top of the transom at the motor cutout
already is 25" minimum, and the dam adds about 11" to that.

Two of my last three small boats had "motor well" transoms. The third was
an open 20" transom. If a large stern wave wants to come aboard, it fills
up the well and flows right over it into the cockpit, and then the issue
is getting rid of the water in a hurry. Same if you take a greenie over
the bow. The issue is to get rid of the water, fast. If you have a a
"motor well" transom and only a pair of bitty scuppers to drain the
cockpit, well, you might have an ocean of trouble in your boat.

Typically, when a wave hits the stern, the stern simply rises. Sometimes
you might get a little water aboard. If you do, the scuppers drain it.
That's been my experience for more than 50 years. I rarely boat on small
inland lakes, but if most of my experience was on small, protected bodies
of water, I might be afraid of the ocean, too.

So the best boat for the ocean is a flat raft. Low transom, low sides.
Drains fast.




Thank you for your contribution to the discussion, Forrest.

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:42:15 -0500, HK wrote:

So the best boat for the ocean is a flat raft. Low transom, low sides.
Drains fast.

Thank you for your contribution to the discussion, Forrest.

LOL!!!

Points for Harry.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:42:15 -0500, HK wrote:

So the best boat for the ocean is a flat raft. Low transom, low sides.
Drains fast.

Thank you for your contribution to the discussion, Forrest.

LOL!!!

Points for Harry.

Not really. Except for having a response. According to HK, the best boat
for the ocean is a fast draining one.

Calif Bill wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:42:15 -0500, HK wrote:

So the best boat for the ocean is a flat raft. Low transom, low sides.
Drains fast.
Thank you for your contribution to the discussion, Forrest.
LOL!!!

Points for Harry.

Not really. Except for having a response. According to HK, the best boat
for the ocean is a fast draining one.




On a relatively small fishing boat going out on the real ocean, yeah,
the ability to drain off water that comes aboard is damned important.

On Jan 14, 5:49*pm, HK wrote:
Calif Bill wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:42:15 -0500, HK wrote:

So the best boat for the ocean is a flat raft. *Low transom, low sides.
Drains fast.
Thank you for your contribution to the discussion, Forrest.
LOL!!!

Points for Harry.

Not really. *Except for having a response. *According to HK, the best boat
for the ocean is a fast draining one.

On a relatively small fishing boat going out on the real ocean, yeah,
the ability to drain off water that comes aboard is damned important.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

At least as important as keeping it out in the first place, which a
well deigned boat should do... in my opinion...

wrote:
On Jan 14, 5:49 pm, HK wrote:
Calif Bill wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:42:15 -0500, HK wrote:
So the best boat for the ocean is a flat raft. Low transom, low sides.
Drains fast.
Thank you for your contribution to the discussion, Forrest.
LOL!!!
Points for Harry.
Not really. Except for having a response. According to HK, the best boat
for the ocean is a fast draining one.
On a relatively small fishing boat going out on the real ocean, yeah,
the ability to drain off water that comes aboard is damned important.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

At least as important as keeping it out in the first place, which a
well deigned boat should do... in my opinion...


There's no way to keep water out of a small boat whose occupants are
playing around on the ocean. You get spray, you hit the occasional huge
wake, you take a greenie over the bow, you stop too fast and your wake
collapses against your transom, et cetera, so forth, and so on.

Anyone who says otherwise, in small boats, has no experience in
small boats out on the ocean.

HK wrote:
Calif Bill wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:42:15 -0500, HK wrote:

So the best boat for the ocean is a flat raft. Low transom, low
sides.
Drains fast.
Thank you for your contribution to the discussion, Forrest.
LOL!!!

Points for Harry.

Not really. Except for having a response. According to HK, the best
boat for the ocean is a fast draining one.



On a relatively small fishing boat going out on the real ocean, yeah,
the ability to drain off water that comes aboard is damned important.


Harry,
You rarely ever go out in the bay, and you have'nt been in the ocean in
many years. Why does it matter?

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:00:12 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

So the best boat for the ocean is a flat raft. Low transom, low sides.
Drains fast.

Dammit - beat me to it.

ROTFL!!!