Transom Splash Guards: A Safety Addition Worth Considering
Splash guards help after repowering with a heavier outboard. Splash guards are commercially engineered or homemade additions to boats with low freeboard. Installed above the transom, especially notched transoms, they give the boat a little extra insurance against swamping under certain conditions: Backtrolling while casting for or playing larger fish such as stripers Maneuvering during…