Re: Slide in transom
You'll want to work from the inside, but you are going to grind up the outside skin of the transom later anyways before wetting out many layers glass, so forget the gelcoat.<br /><br />Get the inside surface prepped for the work. On the side of the wood that is going against the inside shell of the transom, lay up 3 or so layers glass. Before you wet out the third or so layer, round out the corners where the transom meets the hull sides/bottom with some fillets. Then wet out the last layer, drop it in and either clamp it with lots of clamps or bolt it in with lots of bolts and 1x4's. You will probably have to run extra fillets after to fill any voids between the hull sides and transom if you didn't lay a big enough fillet the first time.<br /><br />Then comes the job of building up the glass on the inside of the transom and outside.
