The extension is wood cored with fiberglass over it. The biggest killer of any transom in a boat is the owner. When people add accesories many tend to forget to 5200 any screw that goes into a hull, let alone screw holes below the waterline. This is why you see some boats 30 years old with a rock solid transom, yet some 10 year old boats have went to the bottom.

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Ohhh, no doubt! Gotta seal up those screws! It has been the ruination of many transoms...

Thanks for the replies. I wouldn't have thought it was wood because of all the angles.

I 2nd what Dave said about the engine noise being blocked by the notch panel. It does make a big difference. Add to that a full enclosure and the engine noise is blocked considerably. The rain water probably entered through the rod holders. The rear rod holders drain into those 2 compartments (why I have no idea?) but the front two rod holders are the biggest concern.
They drain down behind the rod boxes into the foam. :oh:

BTW I recently added coaming pads after finding a pair online that fit perfectly. Here is a shot of my nephew and two friends from last month.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d7...0905001159.jpg

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Hey! You got a part number on those combing pads? I wanted ones like I had on my 20 but could only find taller ones that extend down below the gunwale....so I bought em :(

"they are suppose to drain from plastic fittings on each end of the rod box through plastic tubing attached to the bottom of the rod holder & onto the deck."

That sounds reasonable, but since there's no holes in my rod boxes I'm puzzled. Reelapeelin had to fix that problem on his too, although he drained his back to the bilge. Draining to the deck would be good b/c then no water accumulates anywhere.

Here is a link to the guy I bought the pads from. The pads I bought were made for a Palm Beach boat so they say Palm Beach on the side and have blue piping but I didn't really care. Got the pair new for $53 shipped and it beats not having pads. The factory pads my buddy has on his Clearwater center console are identical to mine, but longer. These were the perfect length and width for a V21. They were not quite 5"...think it was 4 & 7/8?:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...TQ:MOTORS:1123

Edit: just noticed the ad says "used".....if they were used I sure could not tell it!

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I really don't like the ones I have on now because they extend down too far with nothing behind them.....mfg's offer stuff all the time and then drop the item all too soon.....I guess the search continues....Hey I wonder If I could get your size pads with WELLCRAFT embroidered in....now that would be cool! : )

Yeah that would be cool. I thought about trying to somehow white out the Palm Beach logo but I'm a 60% function / 40% beauty type of guy so decided to let it ride.