Everything about Transom Nautical totally explained
In
naval architecture, a
transom is the surface that forms the
stern of a vessel. Transoms may be flat or curved and they may be vertical, raked forward (known as retroussé), or raked aft. The bottom tip of the transom can be approximately on the waterline, in which case the stern of the vessel is referred to as a "transom stern", or the hull can continue so that the centreline is well above the waterline before terminating in a transom, in which case it's referred to as a "counter stern".
On smaller vessels where an
outboard motor is the source of
propulsion, the motor is usually mounted on the transom, and held in place either by
clamps or
metal bolts that go through the transom. In this arrangement, all the power of the motor is transmitted via the transom to the rest of the vessel's
structure, making it a very important part of the vessel's
construction.
The term is probably a
corruption of
Latin transtrum, a thwart, in a boat; equivalents are
French traverse,
croisillon,
German Heckspiegel.
The expression
over the transom is rooted in the architectural meaning of the word. See:
Transom (architectural).
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