Water Knocking at the Door

The view from down in the cabin on an open transom boat can be a little alarming. You're actually looking up at the stern wave at times. It doesn't board, but it's right there. The camera is resting on the companionway sill.

About 7 knots

After loosing a good bit of lunch trash and a few hats out the back we added a washboard. It's also warmer in the winter, when a cold waves several inches deep can wash through the cockpit if you slow down at the wrong moment in a following sea. Made from a dinghy floorboard and some cedar guides, it lifts right out.

Speed  up to 10 knots and the wake flattens and stretches out a bit.

About 8 knots.

By the time we were passing 12 knots later the wake was getting long indeed. Notice the water shooting up out of the rudder cassette.