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Transom Floor - is the transverse, vertical plate tying the transverse frame to the transom post of the stern frame.

The rudder post is carried up into the main hull and connected to the transom floor which has an increased plate thickness.

There are floors fitted abaft of the higher than the stern frame to support the part of the stern which overhangs the rudder and propeller. At the head of the rudder of the rudder post an extra-strong floor is fitted called the Transom Floor. This floor is designed to support the overhanging mass and framework of the stern.

Cant Frame. - is the frame, which supports the shell aft of the transom frame.

As the cruiser stern overhang may be subjected to large slamming forces a substantial construction with adequate stiffening is required. Solid floors are fitted at every frame space, and a heavy centre line girder is fitted right aft at the shell and decks. The stern plating is stiffened by cant frames or webs with short cant beams supporting the decks and led to the adjacent heavy transverse deck beam.

Panting Stringer - is the horizontal plate between the collision bulkhead and the breast hook.

Panting Beam - is the channel section fitted across the fore peak tying the port and starboard panting stringers together at every alternate frame.