It’s not in a structural spot or a spot that will cause a leak if it doesn’t hold. It is on the inside of the boat where the inside skin of the transom meets the floor. I was only gonna glass if so if water ever got in under the floor again it couldn’t get to the transom. There were holes left in the glass where I moved the stringers out of the strakes, to beside the strakes.
It had a very thin layer of chopper gun glass over the inside of the transom at the bottom. When I was grinding to clean it up to be able to tab in new stringers I went through glass and there was a void at bottom of transom wood and hull. I figured it would be better to fill the void in before I reglassed it, rather than just lay glass over the void.
I too had the same problem when I started my project. I did a little research and learned that adding 1/4” chop strands into the Thickened resin ALWAYS prevented cracking. Polyester resin without reinforcement is extremely weak. It makes a great clue, but can crack if too thick. Thickened resin with 1/4” chopped glass in the mixture won’t crack no matter how thick. This mixture is called hairy peanut butter. I used hairy peanut butter for all my bedding, all my filets, and for filling voids such as the strakes. Just a pinch of these strands goes a long way and makes an incredibly strong glue and filler.
Thanks for the tip. I’ll try that. Still have plenty of chances left to give it a shot. I’m just getting started. Still have stringers and floor to put in. Long way to go. Lol.
