[drj]

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. =(