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Transom (nautical)

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Transoms add both strength and width to the stern. They may be flat or curved and they may be vertical, raked forward (known as retroussé), or raked aft. In small boats and yachts, this flat termination of the stern is typically above the
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Although that standard stern transom is typically vertical, they may be raked such that there is an overhang above the water, as at the
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Traditional timber construction with horizontal transom members in pale yellow-green (6) and turquoise (7).
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On smaller boats such as dinghies, transoms may be used to support a
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of a vessel. Historically, they are a development from the
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is the aft transverse surface of the hull that forms the
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Transom (disambiguation)

stern
cargo ship
boats and ships
stern
canoe stern
waterline
bow
waterline
rudder
outboard motor
lazarette
Middle English
Latin
Old French
Flat transom on a dinghy with mount points for a rudder.
rudder
The Bermuda cedar transom of the Spirit of Bermuda
Bermuda cedar
Spirit of Bermuda
Raked transom with rudder mount points.
Reverse transom with rudder mounted under the hull.
hull
Transom-mounted outboard motor.
outboard motor
An Irwin 44 with a fold-down transom.
Reverse transom with access platform.
Traditional timber construction with horizontal transom members in pale yellow-green (6) and turquoise (7).

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