Talk:Transom (nautical)

"Raked forward" means raked backwards?
That is the way this was worded before, apparently taken from the references pro. I don't know if this a usual way of explaining the concept, but it seems convoluted to say the least.Wfgiuliano (talk) 23:59, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * "Raked" just means non-vertical, but in this case the general usage seems to be that the transom slopes backward, from the waterline out towards the back, creating an overhang. I will try to update the article accordlingly. --Cornellier (talk) 16:43, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Definition (first sentence)
Does this definition really make sense? How can we say it's the part of the boat "where the two sides of the hull meet", when in fact they don't meet at all, as they do in a canoe or kayak. In the bow of the boat we can clearly say that the two sides of the hull meet, but in many boats they don't meet at all in the stern. In fact there are boats that don't even taper down to a theoretical meeting point, but rather the sides just end parallel to each other. Even the photos here on this page show no "meeting" of the hulls. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.0.98 (talk) 02:14, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't believe the definition is correct, it seems to confuse stern with transom. A transom is a flat surface, raked or vertical, which is on a plane perpendicular to the keel. I'll try to improve this. --Cornellier (talk) 16:46, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Example pictures and/or diagrams would be helpful - boat owners, can you supply?
I know something about boats and I have to agree with the two previous comments, one of whom beat me here by only a week, the other eight years, so I think that shows we've had a problem with this article for a while.

I'm no clearer on types of transoms - I only came to this page to refresh my memory of what a transom is and I'm only certain that I'm in the right area of the boat, not which piece or surface it actually is.

Pictures would really help, if people who own boats would be willing to take pictures and upload and link them. (You can blur out any identifying features, such as yacht club affiliation and registration, with most picture editing software.)

Mathsgirl (talk) 16:07, 14 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Plenty of pictures at wikimedia commons. I'll add some from there. --Cornellier (talk) 17:08, 2 November 2019 (UTC)