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Bright finished wood transoms are pretty, but somewhat foolish in my opinion. They're a big brightwork headache, and sooner or later they all go from eye candy to eyesore as the brightwork fails.

As a visual concept, though, they work. The use of an accentuating color at the transom works on a lot of boats. I wonder why we don't see it done in paint more often.

I've always felt that the Triton has a nicely proportioned, um, backside.
Even in this crappy cameraphone pic, the distinction is appealing.



Once again, we have occasion to blame Tim for putting the nutty idea in my head in the first place....
(daysailor)


:)

I hate to say good-bye but I love to see you go...

Yeah, I like the view from behind a Triton as well. It is one of their better features in my opinion.

I have a spit opinion on accentuating the transoms though. I like how the shape is enhanced and highlighted but somehow it always reminds me of a dog with a painted butt. Maybe it is just me. I can just never get passed the visual.

I say try it and start a new fashion statement.

-Britton

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but somehow it always reminds me of a dog with a painted butt.

I am not a fan of that look (unless it is brightwork), but I just can't figure out how you drew the dotted line between an accentuated transom and "a dog with a painted butt." I mean, I understand the correlation since you articulated the image, but it is slightly beyond me as to you got there in the first place. Why a dog? Painted butt? Despite my misgivings about asking, I've got to ask - is there a story we should know about?

Back to the topic: There is a boat getting painted in the dry storage yard and it looks like they are trying to do just this. The hull is white and the transom is a dark blue. It looks as if they forgot to sand that part. Admittedly, both the photos Figment posted look better. The colors contrast better and the Triton definitely has a better backside than the C&C I mentioned. I'm still not a fan, but that's just me. To each his own; if you would like your boat to look like a canine with a decorative posterior, then go for it.

Figment wrote:Once again, we have occasion to blame Tim for putting the nutty idea in my head in the first place....

Sorry, I accept no responsibility this time! hehe

Figment wrote:Bright finished wood transoms are pretty, but...They're a big brightwork headache, and sooner or later they all go from eye candy to eyesore as the brightwork fails.

They are a nice look. I seriously considered one for the daysailor, but decided that it would be too difficult (read: fussy and time-consuming) to apply solid wood to the curvaceous transom in a manner that would look good and hold up well. The compound curves on the transom are quite significant. Of course, any varnished transom would require a solid annual maintenance program, and probably wooding and revarnishing from scratch every decade or so in order to keep it looking brilliant.

Unless it's brightwork, I'm not a fan of the contrasting color look myself. To me, it always looks like someone painted the hull and decided it was too much trouble to repaint the name on the transom (as would be required if they painted the transom), so they left the transom alone as is. Brightwork of any sort is its own unique and rich look, and is one that is not easily (or even possibly) duplicated in paint.

To each their own. I think the Triton transom manages to highlight itself well enough on its own, particularly in lighter-colored hulls (like Stars & Stripes blue) where the shape of the hull forms shadow lines that accentuate the after curves. I'm curious what color you envision for a contrasting transom to go along with your S&S blue hull.

Jason wrote:Why a dog? Painted butt? Despite my misgivings about asking, I've got to ask - is there a story we should know about?

Only a brave man with a strong stomach would ask that question.

You see, there I was, alone on a deserted island, except for this stray dog and some art supplies...

Unfortunately,(or fortunately) there is no story here. Someone once used that description once and I am forever cursed with the image. I thought I would share the curse. In some weird perverted dimension it just fits for me.

-Britton

oh, no this is a purely academic discussion for me. If I WERE to try an off-color transom with the gunsmoke (yeah, I'm going to refer to it as gunsmoke) blue, it would be white. I'm not about to paint the transom white after I just de-whited it.

Nevermind.
Just saw the cover of the current Good Old Boat

Not my cup of tea.

(no, as a matter of fact I couldn't find a smaller image to post. wiseguys)

Figment wrote:(no, as a matter of fact I couldn't find a smaller image to post. wiseguys)

Oh, well here: let me help you out then. This really highlights the detail missing in the first photo.

Tim wrote: Oh, well here: let me help you out then. This really highlights the detail missing in the first photo.

I just had a long, stressful day at work - then came home to see this. I really didn't think anything was going to make me laugh out loud tonight, but it did. Thanks!

--- Rachel
(still chuckling)

PS I did think of this thread when I saw the GOB cover a few days ago. I kind of like the blue spars.

Old thread but I saw this picture of a painted transom that looked okay.



Or at least I think it is painted. Maybe someone mated a nice veneer to the transom?

-Britton

Isn't All Ways the boat that tried the faux-teak deck made out of synthetic decking material?

Yes, and yes. The transom has real wood over the fiberglass, and the boat is the one that has a Trex deck (working out fine as far as I know).