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    Any Transom experts here. I have a Transom Rebuilding Question.

    First of all, you really want to have good clean, fiberglass, similar to the pink suction on the left side of the keyhole. I’m not sure you’ll get good adherence to that stuff that’s sort of a light white color on the right side of the keyhole. The standard approach would be to next prepare a...
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    Shingles

    My dad had shingles and it lasted for years and changed his life in a bad way. I got the Shingrix vaccine as soon as I was eligible. It's about 97% effective in preventing shingles. It's crazy not to get it.
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    Bought my first boat to tinker on. Looking for advice

    I don't have any cure for stopping the fiberglass itch. When I was grinding, I wore nitrile gloves and then taped the sleeves of my Tyvek suit to them. Then I wore leather gloves over the top to protect against tears. Not super comfortable, but it did keep the fiberglass out of my sleeves.
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    Any Transom experts here. I have a Transom Rebuilding Question.

    Polyester resin uses MEKP as a catalyst. MEKP is nasty stuff, so handle with care.
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    Bought my first boat to tinker on. Looking for advice

    I thought every bit of the job was fun after the grinding was done…
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    Any Transom experts here. I have a Transom Rebuilding Question.

    I would not use pressure treated. Regular exterior grade plywood works fine. Too many potential problems with PT wood, such as interaction with any fasteners/thru-hull fittings or problems with the resin sticking to the wood. Not worth the risk, IMO.
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    Bought my first boat to tinker on. Looking for advice

    Famous last words: "I think I'm done with the grinding..."
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    Can i cut my bunks down?

    For a boat, 6-7% is probably OK. The 10% is more for things like travel trailers with large frontal areas and large flat sides. 10% on a boat trailer won't hurt, but a bit less won't hurt either. If you get below 6%, that's usually when the trailer starts getting squirrelly at speed.
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    Any Transom experts here. I have a Transom Rebuilding Question.

    Looks like the fiberglass hull (outermost layer, 1/4”-3/8” thick) has delaminated from the plywood transom core. Is not the inner layer fiberglassed plywood?
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    Price

    The price of a boat - especially a 25 year old boat - is going to be highly dependent on your region. In my area, where there are less boating opportunities and thus fewer boats, prices tend to be a good bit higher than in areas with plentiful lakes and a lively boat market. The main...
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    I think I used bellows adhesive to secure the gasket in the gimbal housing. It worked quite well.
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    What gives with helping people with a problem ?????????????

    Folks who are actual participants on these boards are much better with posting the resolution. The drive-by posters who come just to have a single question answered often do not come back and either say thanks or post the resolution to their problem. I think the latter just don’t have any...
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    Winch replacement suggestions

    I agree with most of the other comments: go up a size or two in the winch and get a strap. I'll never go back to a cable; in a year or two, cable starts popping out small metal strands that puncture your skin. Also, in the (highly) unlikely event of a failure, I'd much rather have a 2" wide...
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    What thinketh the membership here..... Useful or just hype

    @SkaterRace said "It was done that way to handle the larger boats that go in and out there even though 90% are smaller ones." We really need him to return to answer, but it sounds like a poorly designed ramp/dock.
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    What thinketh the membership here..... Useful or just hype

    I think what he means is that the ramp and the dock are parallel to one another, but the dock is offset about 3' from the edge of the ramp, meaning that even if he angled his boat to be right on the edge of the ramp, he's still 3' from the dock.
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