Hello Everyone,
I have been doing some searches about soft transoms and see alot about using git rot, and seacast when replacing the whole transom.
I have a neighbor down the street that has fallen on some hard times and he wanted to sell me his boat and equipment on it. I didn't want another large boat but wanted to help him out. Even though I think for the 1k I paid for the canon digitroll downriggers, the rods and the mid 80's thompson 21ft boat was a good deal I am a little worried about the transom. I'm going to have the rebuild the motor because he left it uncovered and he tried to start it and said he hydro locked it, but motors aren't a big thing to really repair. What worries me is the transom. I was able to get on the swim deck and it seems sturdy, however where the exhaust manifold sits near the transom there is a little bit of wood missing, and the wood that is exposed seems a little soft. I don't believe that I'm in the actual main transom but I'm not completely sure. I had a 26ft cruiser that had a transom that started to flex a little and it started burning up lower unit couplers and had issues shifting. Is there any tests for strength and transom condition without drilling holes to check if the wood is wet? Any suggestions for good Books on how to rebuild hulls and restore them?
Thanks,
Mike.
I have been doing some searches about soft transoms and see alot about using git rot, and seacast when replacing the whole transom.
I have a neighbor down the street that has fallen on some hard times and he wanted to sell me his boat and equipment on it. I didn't want another large boat but wanted to help him out. Even though I think for the 1k I paid for the canon digitroll downriggers, the rods and the mid 80's thompson 21ft boat was a good deal I am a little worried about the transom. I'm going to have the rebuild the motor because he left it uncovered and he tried to start it and said he hydro locked it, but motors aren't a big thing to really repair. What worries me is the transom. I was able to get on the swim deck and it seems sturdy, however where the exhaust manifold sits near the transom there is a little bit of wood missing, and the wood that is exposed seems a little soft. I don't believe that I'm in the actual main transom but I'm not completely sure. I had a 26ft cruiser that had a transom that started to flex a little and it started burning up lower unit couplers and had issues shifting. Is there any tests for strength and transom condition without drilling holes to check if the wood is wet? Any suggestions for good Books on how to rebuild hulls and restore them?
Thanks,
Mike.
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