N6REJ
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2007
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Re: Weak transom
Ok, I wasn't sure how far back to cut it so I cut it as far as the crack on the upper right of the transom was and down the "line" that had appeared in the fiberglass from water damage, and the about 3" below the known weak point and roughly an equal distance on the port side. I didn't want to cut too much, but I assumed, apparently wrongly, that sense the glass had delaminated from the 2x that it needed to come off anyway.
Something else I noticed today, is in the bilge on both the port and starboard side of the bilge, there is about a 1" hole, and then another in the aft of the bilge going through the transom. I know what the last one is for but am unsure of the other two sense they don't have any brass in them either.
The glass looks like perhaps at one time the aft transom wall and the top splash were one piece. Because the pieces almost line up perfectly. On the inside there is a obvious point the runs port to starboard where you can see a difference in the thickness of the transom.
This appears to be where the deck and the transom mated in some way. But its thinner down lower then at that point. Also at the 'line' that runs port to starboard the glass is cracked, flaked, and missing there. Also up the port and starboard sides of the transom slightly.
My thinking is that Once I get the outside of the transom skin off I should cut out all the offending wood and pull it through the stern of the boat? Am I on the right track?
Do I worry about cutting the glass on the inside?
Should I continue to cut away the area that I did cut? Its VERY wet on that side of the board
Troy
Ok, I wasn't sure how far back to cut it so I cut it as far as the crack on the upper right of the transom was and down the "line" that had appeared in the fiberglass from water damage, and the about 3" below the known weak point and roughly an equal distance on the port side. I didn't want to cut too much, but I assumed, apparently wrongly, that sense the glass had delaminated from the 2x that it needed to come off anyway.
Something else I noticed today, is in the bilge on both the port and starboard side of the bilge, there is about a 1" hole, and then another in the aft of the bilge going through the transom. I know what the last one is for but am unsure of the other two sense they don't have any brass in them either.
The glass looks like perhaps at one time the aft transom wall and the top splash were one piece. Because the pieces almost line up perfectly. On the inside there is a obvious point the runs port to starboard where you can see a difference in the thickness of the transom.
This appears to be where the deck and the transom mated in some way. But its thinner down lower then at that point. Also at the 'line' that runs port to starboard the glass is cracked, flaked, and missing there. Also up the port and starboard sides of the transom slightly.
My thinking is that Once I get the outside of the transom skin off I should cut out all the offending wood and pull it through the stern of the boat? Am I on the right track?
Do I worry about cutting the glass on the inside?
Should I continue to cut away the area that I did cut? Its VERY wet on that side of the board
Troy
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