"HK" wrote in message
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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

Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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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.

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

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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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


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

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

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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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


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.

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.