I too wondered about the advantage of the vented transoms. I often felt that they might even cause wind resistance by squeezing air through those small vents.
I do know this, vented transom boats didn't have a black oil film on them and all my boats did.
I was never quite sure how they got ruled out, but I guess people worried that the transom could rot and no one would see the rot, and cause an accident...
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