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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)
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 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)
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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)
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 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)