57 Holes What's Going On?

[redjmp]

Redoing the stringers, deck and transom on my old cabin cruiser and to my amazment I found a total of 57 holes drilled in the transom and patched with various techniques, some of which had failed and caused all the damage to begin with.
So I have the new transom fabbed up and was planning on screwing through some of those holes to cinch the transom up tight against the fiberglass until it set.

But I want to repair them all properly.

What should I do and use?

Thanks

 

[jonesg]

Re: 57 Holes What's Going On?

whatever resin you use to do the transom just thicken it with cabosil and fill the holes, I'd do a dry fit to test how you're gonna cinch the transom up to the stern, then go for it.

 

[oops!]

Re: 57 Holes What's Going On?

in any transom there are allways trhu hull holes.....(i.e the drive hole or garboard drain)...use these holes where ever you can for cinching up the transom

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: 57 Holes What's Going On?

If you grind the fireglass you should put a layer or two of glass over the un-needed holes and then finish from the outside.