Name for plan view transom notch around an outboard

[fpjeepy05]

I’m looking for the name of a plan view notch at the transom where the running surface continues aft on both sides of an outboard. Examples: Hewes Redfisher/Bonefisher, Solo Skiff, Tango Skiff, Mullet Skiff, Handy Billy. This layout can move LCG forward and make getting in and out of the water easier. Visually it’s a bit like a swallow-tail or fish-tail surfboard.

Is there a term anyone here uses for this feature? If there isn’t a common name, what do you call ?
To avoid confusion with other layouts:

• Euro transom: integral bracket/platform the hullside sweeps down into.
• Notched transom: a notch in body-plan view, not a top-down notch.
• Motorwell / well: engine space closed aft at the motor mount; sometimes limits trim-up

Thanks for any terms, examples, or references.

 

[fpjeepy05]

Picture is worth 1000 words.

 

[gonzo]

I call them sponsons.

 

[fpjeepy05]

I think Phil Bolger's Robin Jean wins the largest boat with this feature award

 

[fallguy]

Still call it a notched transom, right or wrong.

 

[fpjeepy05]

If you had to vote for a new term. Which option would get your vote?

• Plan-view stern notch
• Sponsoned transom (alt: Twin-sponson transom)
• Swallow-tail transom
• Fish-tail transom
• Horseshoe transom
• Keyway transom
• Yoke Transom
• SVEN transom — (Stern Volume Expanding Notch)
• SWIM transom — (Stern Winged Inset Mount)
• CWIM transom — (Center-Weighted Inset Mount)
• PHAT transom (feature) — Paired Hull Aft Tails (alt: Podded Hull Anchor Transom)
• WASH feature — Winged Aft Sponson Hull

 

[BlueBell]

I would call it a "transom relief".

For example one may have; "a 5' transom relief motor-mount".

 

[messabout]

When i was growing up, bottom extending aft of the transom was called "squat boards".

 

[fpjeepy05]

 

[Cajunpockettunnel]

They make those extensions out of aluminum as well to add to jon boats. I think they call them pods. (I think)

 

[fallguy]

If you are that deep in toward the middle why not extend the hull across the back?