...but for ice I would have expected the gumwood to have followed the waterline all the way aft.
Ted
Now that right there is a boat, my friends.
On the north coast of BC fresh water floating at the surface near creeks and rivers can freeze during cold snaps. Could be it had to break through 1/2" thick ice for a distance of a couple hundred feet once in a while.
Ted, I would think that fantail would give a nice gentle lift in a following sea, my transom is little more than a flat 10ftX17ft sheet of fiberglass and gets pushed along.
It is indeed a very handsome boat. Is the bow cross planking and waterline reinforcement for ice protection I presume?