Seacast Transom Repair
 

HI
Does anyone know how much seacast I would need to fill my v20 transom. Also, if i want to raise my transom in the center from 20" to 25" can I build a waxed wood form to pour the seacast in for the last 5".
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

Search for "Maury's" thread. He used 15 gallons when he did his with a similiar,maybe better material. Either Arjay or....ah, I can't remember. Look around in repairs or mods

Here you go, he has a lot of detail and pictures also!! We expect the same from you also!!


http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...?t=8830&page=2

Yes I will document it as best i can =). It is going to take me a while because i am still in school but during the beginning of the summer i hope to have my boat finished =)

Started to Drill Out the Old Wood
 

Well i started to drill out a little of the old wood in the transom today and it didn't turn out like i had expected. I was using a spade bit and it kept falling between the two pieces of delaminated plywood and getting stuck and it ran down my drill batteries faster then they could charge so I'm going to use a big electric drill now =). Later i went to harbor freight and got auger type bits. they should work better. I'm going to try the new bits and the chainsaw tomorrow if i can. =)

DRJ,

Call me and I'll be happy to give you more details of my rebuild. Can I ask why you chose Seacast?

Call me.
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Maury

drj, in raising the transom 5", I'm not sure if you will need any extra support or if just the Seacast will be allright. The inner and outer skin everywhere else with the Seacast will do fine.
In my mind you would want some woven material extending to the sides and bottom of the area being filled as you pour, or even a piece of fiberglass board like this. I just don't know.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...Picture028.jpg

On the raising the transom question, I would definately not let the fill material stand alone. I would form the inner and outter skins first in the raised area and pour the whole thing at once. The Arjay and Nidacore are strong (I'm sure Seacast is as well), but they are meant to be use as coring material, not structural components by themselves.

Thanks Guys
 

After reevaluating the transom on my boat and digging out the top 6 inches in the middle of the transom I decided to not use seacast or any other type of transom filler. One reason, as you guys had said the filler would not be as strong unless encased. I did contact seacast and they said it would be fine to raise the transom by pouring the seacast in a form and then covering the bare seacast with three layers of fiberglass cloth. It was good to know that it could be used that way but I have decided i would rather be safe and raise the transom the traditional way using plywood.
Thanks for your input, it did help me decide. =)
I am going to start planning to do my transom the traditional wood way. Do you guys think that it is necessary to used marine plywood or will regular be okay. And i originally thought that using two pieces of 3/4" plywood would be best but upon investigation i can see that currently there are three layers of plywood in the transom. I have decided to take the outside transom skin off to do the transom for two reasons. One is there was a professional transom job done recently before i purchased the boat and they reattached the stringed to the inside skin and that is still in great shape.The second reason i think that i am going to cut off the outside is that the outside skin already has a lot of holes and problems that need to be fixed because the previous owner tried to do his own transom job and cut the center down 5 inches causing the rot. =(

I like your original plan of attack better of pouring the transom.