FBPirate95
Master Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2009
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Well its been bugging me for some time now. Even though I had suspensions about it, I thought "Nah, my new to me boat doesn't have a soft transom." Curiosity finally got to me and I decided to use my handy-dandy multi max to investigate. Instead of popping the cap, I cut out the portion of the cap right above the the motor mount holes. Now brace yourself (psycho shower scene music plays in the background) THE TRANSOMS ROTTED!!! NOOOOO!!!!!! (slumped to the ground in a Charlton Heston move pounding my fist on the beach)
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So now I guess I'm in the lets see what I can do now. My plan is to gut it all out. The rotted portions that is. It appears the portions closest to the sides of the hull are still solid. Then I'm going to inject the areas and remaining wood with Rot Doctors CEPS to treat it, cut out new plywood for the center sections, then laminate it all back in with Rot Doctors Layup Resin. Finally I can glass it in from the inside of the boat. I have access all of the rotted area from under the splash well area.
That's the plan. Now lets see if I can do it.
I know the proper method is to pop the cap and do a full replacement. But as always, funds and time are limited. Plus I'm only looking for this boat to get me through the next couple of years before I upgrade.
To all those who have boldly gone down this path and submitted picture threads, THANKS A BILLION! I will use your experiences on this project.
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So now I guess I'm in the lets see what I can do now. My plan is to gut it all out. The rotted portions that is. It appears the portions closest to the sides of the hull are still solid. Then I'm going to inject the areas and remaining wood with Rot Doctors CEPS to treat it, cut out new plywood for the center sections, then laminate it all back in with Rot Doctors Layup Resin. Finally I can glass it in from the inside of the boat. I have access all of the rotted area from under the splash well area.
That's the plan. Now lets see if I can do it.
I know the proper method is to pop the cap and do a full replacement. But as always, funds and time are limited. Plus I'm only looking for this boat to get me through the next couple of years before I upgrade.
To all those who have boldly gone down this path and submitted picture threads, THANKS A BILLION! I will use your experiences on this project.