solid transom or selfbailing???? which way should I go??

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by willy

Full transom is the preferred way to go BUT, make sure you do a self bailing set up, relying on bilge pumps is most definitely not the way to go for many reasons.

I agree...you can have a self-bailing deck and solid transom...the problem is your choice of hulls to start with...to achieve self-bailing, the entire floor-deck would have to be raised above the outside waterline...and then you have quite a low gunwale inside the cockpit...it that doesn't bother you, go for it!!...

[Kracker Jack]

so the floor would be set up like my Albemarle, floor above water line with ball scuppers to drain deck water? I might just keep it set up the way it is now its gonna be a inshore boat in ideal water conditions. I prefer simple and functional.

[cterrebonne]

you might actually to be able to make the hull self bailing the way K2 marine's 18 foot frontiers are made. the deck is actually even with the water line maybe slightly below and they have the through-hulls set up above the water line. What they do to keep the water off the deck is to make a small square shaped well with a auto bilge in it. it allows the big water to escape directly out of the boat and then the smaller amount that cant leave the through hull b/c its too high then gets pumped out the sump box via a bilge pump over board.