Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

[spazzer]

Sorry bout that but thats how i feel. Bought a 1995 nitro 5/6 this yr and on my 6th outting in July found the top of transom cracked on each side!! Turned it into insurance co. and denied. Quoted around $4000 to repair/rebuild. Great ! First time owning a bass boat. Found out that a shop did work to transom in fall of last year. Im 3rd owner since and the first to have it in the water after repair was done. Next step, go after the shop. Have a marine surveyor that was hired by the insurance co. that says the transom is rotted and the shop just covered it up with new wood to hid the problem to make quick sale. Shoddy work. Dont know if i'll stand a snowballs chance in hell to recoupe in any way or not. So thinking ahead, how hard is it to do on my own now that i have time after losing my job in June on top of all this. Lol they say trouble come in 3's. Thanks.

 

[Cadwelder]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

Sorry bout that but thats how i feel. Bought a 1995 nitro 5/6 this yr and on my 6th outting in July found the top of transom cracked on each side!! Turned it into insurance co. and denied. Quoted around $4000 to repair/rebuild. Great ! First time owning a bass boat. Found out that a shop did work to transom in fall of last year. Im 3rd owner since and the first to have it in the water after repair was done. Next step, go after the shop. Have a marine surveyor that was hired by the insurance co. that says the transom is rotted and the shop just covered it up with new wood to hid the problem to make quick sale. Shoddy work. Dont know if i'll stand a snowballs chance in hell to recoupe in any way or not. So thinking ahead, how hard is it to do on my own now that i have time after losing my job in June on top of all this. Lol they say trouble come in 3's. Thanks.

You're right about the snowballs chance in he**. Just do a search on transoms / stringers here on iboats and sit back a read, read, read. It's not an "easy" project but doable. The nitro's are a bit tuff to get the cap off becuase they are bonded with epoxy at the joint and also have some serious tabbing to the deck and sides....

If you decide to repair it yourself....well...welcome to the madness. We're here to help in anyway we can.

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

Thanks Cadwelder. Have done somt reading on that. The guy who gave the quote said he would cut the width of the transom out down to 1" above the drain plug then reglass/recore gelcoat and paint. Are you talking removing the cap from the hull? And does the way he explained the way he would do it make sense? This guy has been in business for over 25 yrs. Was thinking doing it the way he discribed. What do you think? Thanks.

 

[Cadwelder]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

You're talking about cutting the outer skin along with it, or cutting just the cap back? Cutting the outer skin is not something I'd recommend for the novice DIYer.

 

[goboating]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

First, find some dandelions and stomp on them! Is there one of those go for the throat lawers that thinks this is a good case? If not then look up "84 stratos renovation". What he did to his is probably what you will have done...or do it yourself. But which ever way you go GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!! We can't be there for you but we are full of it!.....advice!

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

You're talking about cutting the outer skin along with it, or cutting just the cap back? Cutting the outer skin is not something I'd recommend for the novice DIYer.

Me. Cutting the cap back on transom and working on getting the wood out from the top side and inside of transom. Leaving the outter skin.

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

First, find some dandelions and stomp on them! Is there one of those go for the throat lawers that thinks this is a good case? If not then look up "84 stratos renovation". What he did to his is probably what you will have done...or do it yourself. But which ever way you go GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!! We can't be there for you but we are full of it!.....advice!

Already did the dandelion dance in the yard.. Lol. Still checking on a lawyer but i think i know the answer to that. But hey thanks for the G.L anyway.

 

[Cadwelder]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

Okay, I feel better about that...you'll still have some cosmetic work, when you replace the cap section, but it's doable.

Let's us know how we can help....you got some work ahead of you.

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

I'll take some pics. so you can see this. The transom has been beefed up i would say its 3 to 4" thick. Didn't know this until it was explained to me that it should be 2" or so. Now to figure out how to post the pics when i do. I'll take them in the morning. Thanks Cad.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

Looking forward to the pics. Take some of the overall boat and of course some transom shots. Maybe a good candidate for SeaCast? We're here to help. Turn lemons into lemonade and all that.

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

Thats what i was thinking after reading up on the SeaCast and other sites for transom repair. Fixing to go take pics here in a bit.

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

Ok. Here's the pics of boat and transom. Shows the beef up job they did so they say. Work was done to hide rotted wood. Hope these turn out never posted pics before.

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

Well that didn't work. No pics. What am i doing wrong??

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

I will try it starting new thread.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

Don't do that. I can help you with the pics. Where are you hosting them?

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

just trying to down load them from my computer onto pics album on here. They are in my libary pics.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

There are instructions on how to do it in the Non-boating technical topics sections.

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

Ok trying this again.[/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH]

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

Here's more pics. Would only allow me to post 5 at a time. [/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH]

 

[spazzer]

Re: Transom... Screwed and tatooed.

And a few more. As you can see in other pics of inside transom they put new wood over the rotted wood. Nice huh. [/ATTACH][/ATTACH]