Hey everyone. A few months ago, I had an accident with my boat where I was moving it in the driveway and forgot to put my blocks in front of the wheels when I got to the steeper part (oops!). It stopped rathery abruptly when it ran into the curb, but nothing seemed to be hurt other than the trailer jack, which I had to replace. However, I immediately noticed it was taking on a decent amount of water (maybe a cup per hour). I got to looking and noticed a crack in the splashwell that I assumed was taking the water, so I put some sealant over it and took it out to see if that was the issue. No more water, good to go, or so I thought.
Fast forward to a week or so ago and I found some brown water leaking around a screw for the top trim piece on my transom. Keeping a long story long, I'm looking into some transom repairs this fall/winter and had a few questions. I've done lots of reading on here, but want to make sure I'm not missing anything. I plan to pull the motor and check all holes for water/rot in a couple weeks (I've got one more tournament the first weekend of Oct on my home water). If everything is solid, should I just open everything and dry it out? I've got heat lamps and a heated garage so I could leave it all winter like that if necessary. The final stp to that would be applying Git-Rot, as much just to seal the wood as anything, and then seal all holes and be done.
Second option, I could redo the transom. Cost wouldn't be bad, and I'd likely do a pourable like Seacast or NidaBond. If I decide to pour, do I need to worry about the Seacast leaking into the bilge, or is the transom glassed off at the bottom?
I'm sure I'll have more questions but I think this post is plenty long for a first one.
Fast forward to a week or so ago and I found some brown water leaking around a screw for the top trim piece on my transom. Keeping a long story long, I'm looking into some transom repairs this fall/winter and had a few questions. I've done lots of reading on here, but want to make sure I'm not missing anything. I plan to pull the motor and check all holes for water/rot in a couple weeks (I've got one more tournament the first weekend of Oct on my home water). If everything is solid, should I just open everything and dry it out? I've got heat lamps and a heated garage so I could leave it all winter like that if necessary. The final stp to that would be applying Git-Rot, as much just to seal the wood as anything, and then seal all holes and be done.
Second option, I could redo the transom. Cost wouldn't be bad, and I'd likely do a pourable like Seacast or NidaBond. If I decide to pour, do I need to worry about the Seacast leaking into the bilge, or is the transom glassed off at the bottom?
I'm sure I'll have more questions but I think this post is plenty long for a first one.
