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Transoms - Everglades Boats anti-swamping solution
Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message ... Eisboch wrote: "HK" wrote in message ... It's simple...if you take a greenie over the bow or the sides, a boat with a transom like mine will shed that water a lot more quickly than a boat with a closed transom. Not to get into hypotheticals, but assume my previous example for a moment. Your are out there drift fishing in a bit of a chop, the wind suddenly picks up due to a thunder boomer nearby, the seas start getting confused and you start taking a few splashes over the transom. You wisely decide it's time to head in, but, alas! That reliable Yamaha 4 stroke suddenly decided to have a bad computer day. It won't start. The boat's starting to bounce around a bit, some of the growing waves smacking into that transom. Your feet start getting wet .... oh .... wait ... that's ok. You don't mind. Point is, if you took a serious greenie over the transom for some reason, don't you need power on to clear it "quickly"? Eisboch That's why I have a Yamaha, and not an eTec! Instant power on. :) Actually most of the time water rolls right out the *four* transom drains. You guys seem to think that a 25" transom is...lower than a 25" transom. Sorry. I was thinking of the transom cutout where the engine sits. What is it's height to the waterline? Eisboch That's the 25"+ part of my transom. The rest of the transom is about a foot taller. Fascinating, hey? |
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"HK" wrote in message ... That's the 25"+ part of my transom. The rest of the transom is about a foot taller. Fascinating, hey? Do you have a standard length leg on that engine? If so, the pictures are very deceiving. Eisboch |
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message ... That's the 25"+ part of my transom. The rest of the transom is about a foot taller. Fascinating, hey? Do you have a standard length leg on that engine? If so, the pictures are very deceiving. Eisboch Yep...standard 25" lower unit. I stated many months ago at the very beginning of the silliness about that transom that the photos were deceiving. But this *is* rec.boats, so ill-informed silliness abounds. |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:50:30 -0400, HK wrote:
Yep...standard 25" lower unit. I stated many months ago at the very beginning of the silliness about that transom that the photos were deceiving. But this *is* rec.boats, so ill-informed silliness abounds. I was thinking that your boat's natural buoyancy would clear most of the occasional "big" water over the stern through the cutout even when dead in the water, and the scuppers would handle the rest. Hypotheticals are tricky. It would be fun, or at least instructive to try many in practice. But also very expensive. --Vic |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:50:30 -0400, HK wrote: Yep...standard 25" lower unit. I stated many months ago at the very beginning of the silliness about that transom that the photos were deceiving. But this *is* rec.boats, so ill-informed silliness abounds. I was thinking that your boat's natural buoyancy would clear most of the occasional "big" water over the stern through the cutout even when dead in the water, and the scuppers would handle the rest. Hypotheticals are tricky. It would be fun, or at least instructive to try many in practice. But also very expensive. --Vic I swamped an old 14 foot run-about with a 40 horse Johnson on a flat, calm fresh water pond. Of course, I was young and an idiot. I was trying to see how big of a confused wake I could make by going around in really tight circles, at a speed that produced the biggest wake. Everything was fine, then all of a sudden the boat was almost up to the gunnels with water. Engine kept chugging away though, and I beached it to bail it out. The trip to shore was scary. Boats don't handle very well when they are full of water and I fully expected it to turn into a submarine at any moment. Eisboch |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:01:01 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
I swamped an old 14 foot run-about with a 40 horse Johnson on a flat, calm fresh water pond. Of course, I was young and an idiot. I was trying to see how big of a confused wake I could make by going around in really tight circles, at a speed that produced the biggest wake. Everything was fine, then all of a sudden the boat was almost up to the gunnels with water. Engine kept chugging away though, and I beached it to bail it out. The trip to shore was scary. Boats don't handle very well when they are full of water and I fully expected it to turn into a submarine at any moment. Only close to swamping incident I recall is me and my grandad getting caught out fishing on a lake when a storm rolled through fast. He had his Elgin (7 horse I think) on his steel 12 or 14 footer. Had to beach it as was filling up from waves splashing over from every direction. Scary. I probably put 10 times more miles rowing that boat while fishing than it had with anybody clamping the motor on it. Nice fishing boat, with built-in livewells on each side amidships. But heavy. --Vic |
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On Jul 27, 3:56*pm, HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote: "HK" wrote in message ... It's simple...if you take a greenie over the bow or the sides, a boat with a transom like mine will shed that water a lot more quickly than a boat with a closed transom. Not to get into hypotheticals, but assume my previous example for a moment. Your are out there drift fishing in a bit of a chop, the wind suddenly picks up due to a thunder boomer nearby, the seas start getting confused and you start taking a few splashes over the transom. You wisely decide it's time to head in, but, alas! * That reliable Yamaha 4 stroke suddenly decided to have a bad computer day. It won't start. *The boat's starting to bounce around a bit, some of the growing waves smacking into that transom. *Your feet start getting wet .... oh .... wait ... that's ok. *You don't mind. Point is, if you took a serious greenie over the transom for some reason, don't you need power on to clear it "quickly"? Eisboch Actually most of the time water rolls right out the *four* transom drains.. "Most of the time"? Just how often do you take on water over the transom? What happens when the four drains don't do the job? |
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"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:50:30 -0400, HK wrote: Yep...standard 25" lower unit. I stated many months ago at the very beginning of the silliness about that transom that the photos were deceiving. But this *is* rec.boats, so ill-informed silliness abounds. I was thinking that your boat's natural buoyancy would clear most of the occasional "big" water over the stern through the cutout even when dead in the water, and the scuppers would handle the rest. Hypotheticals are tricky. It would be fun, or at least instructive to try many in practice. But also very expensive. --Vic I swamped an old 14 foot run-about with a 40 horse Johnson on a flat, calm fresh water pond. Of course, I was young and an idiot. I was trying to see how big of a confused wake I could make by going around in really tight circles, at a speed that produced the biggest wake. Everything was fine, then all of a sudden the boat was almost up to the gunnels with water. Engine kept chugging away though, and I beached it to bail it out. The trip to shore was scary. Boats don't handle very well when they are full of water and I fully expected it to turn into a submarine at any moment. Eisboch I did the same thing, only a 12 footer and 18 horse Evinrude Fastwin. |
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:50:30 -0400, HK wrote: Yep...standard 25" lower unit. I stated many months ago at the very beginning of the silliness about that transom that the photos were deceiving. But this *is* rec.boats, so ill-informed silliness abounds. I was thinking that your boat's natural buoyancy would clear most of the occasional "big" water over the stern through the cutout even when dead in the water, and the scuppers would handle the rest. Hypotheticals are tricky. It would be fun, or at least instructive to try many in practice. But also very expensive. --Vic I've been slammed by some big wakes from cruisers, and typically the stern just rides up and down the crests. |
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