Re: Anyone ever fill in a notched transom?
 

I have found out that a 105 qt gott cooler will fit perfectly in the transom notch and rest on the splashwell. This gives you the protection of the closed cockpit and gets the cooler off the deck. We would do this when the seas allowed . It's amazing how much quieter the outboard is with that as a deflector when you are running.

Re: Anyone ever fill in a notched transom?
 

Call me crazy or stupid but my favorite seat while I'm fishing is to sit on my outboard with my feet propped up on the transom area, very comfy.

Re: Anyone ever fill in a notched transom?
 

Ok, Shicks I think you were referring to filling in the entire notch. Has anybody ever filled in the notch on a 20" to bring it up to 25" for a 25" motor? That's what I want to know cause I just might look into doing that.

Re: Anyone ever fill in a notched transom?
 

That's what I thought he meant, too... :D...

Re: Anyone ever fill in a notched transom?
 

Check this out from Classic Mako
http://www.classicmako.com/projects/carpenter/

Re: Anyone ever fill in a notched transom?
 

Sorry for the confusion guys. I was talking about the line the forward end of the splash well. I did a half a$$ job with paint but maybe you can see what I'm talking about. It's about the same thing Fitz did with wood, but I was thinking of a permanent job with fiberglass.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...ansomnotch.jpg

Re: Anyone ever fill in a notched transom?
 

No offense, but it would look like one of those damn euro-transoms. But it would keep out the water

Re: Anyone ever fill in a notched transom?
 

Wouldn't look Euro...no angles in back...same straight transom...

Anyway, LOOK at Fugazi's Gallery...last few shots of makeover and transom re-make...that looks like a 30" shaft... :o...

Re: Anyone ever fill in a notched transom?
 

It could be done!! But being permint it would be hard to get to the motor when you wanted to??

Like when a line got caught on the prop, or if you needed to look at something on the motor??

Better if you made a removeable panel, like two pieces of starboard each side with a drop in panel.

will leak some but most would go right back out.

Re: Anyone ever fill in a notched transom?
 

Make it out of starboard with a removeable notch...not much different than the V21...
like this...
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/...otch.sized.jpg