Transom

[pbustle]

Hello All, I have been reading the posts and lurkin for a while, but finally signed up.  I have a 1988 170 Osprey.  I have had the boat almost a year, but this is my second 170 my family has owned.  My parents had one when I was a little kid that they inherited from my grandfather.

What I did remember of the boat my Grandfather had was that the transom was low, and water came over it easily, and it was a great riding 17 Foot CC.   What I am concerned with is the fact that water comes over a bit too easy.  I have a 1888 88spl, but when I was in the keys a month ago, we were lobstering adn if I sat in the back of the boat while anchored, water would splash over the transom and we had to pull anchor and run the boat to get all of the water out.  Unfortunetly this was while we had divers in the water, so we had to leave them, which I did not like.

So my question is, has anyone built some sort of splash guard, or splash board to put in the transom that will keeps some of the water from coming over the corners where it is cut down?  I would like to create something removable if possible,  but am up for anything at this point.

[Keith Knecht]

You can use some aluminum U channel and mount it with screws to the top of your boat's transom with the open end pointing up of course. The inside dimentions of the U channel should be the same as the width of the starboard that you will use for the splash boards.  Be sure to seal the screws when you run them into the transom.  You can then cut some starboard that will slip down into the channel.  The starboard can be cut so that it just barely clears the motor when in each extreeme position.  The starboard can be secured by drilling holes through the channel and starboard and running a few stainless steel screws into them.  If you want to remove the splash boards, just back out the screws and lift out the boards.  I think you can see some pictures on my photo gallery of some that I put on a 281 Osprey.  Hope that helps.