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

[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.