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Originally Posted by Destroyer
I call the set back that the engine mounts onto the bubble. Don't know what else to call it so I coined the phrase. Since a V20 has an almost flat transom, the setback on the V21 from the outside looked like a bubble to me.
Anyways, if you look at the inside of the transom where the bubble is attached you'll see that the two pieces (transom and bubble) are not connected very well. There's a gap on the sides. it's that gap that I'm talking about. fill it with filler and then class it all together and that should add some additional strength to the whole transom. It's not necessary, but when I had my deck off and looked it just seemed prudent to do so.
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Ok I think I see where you’re referring to. Right now there’s a layer of that hard filler on top of the transom but I hit it with a hammer on the sides and it feels like there is foam under it. Does seem like a very vurnable void. I’ll definitly look into it. I still haven’t confirmed the wood to be completely solid yet. If I grind/cut out the filler on top of the transom and the core seems wet I may be looking into a carbon-core pourable transom and it’d be ideal to seal the top of the transom up to the highest point where it meets the normal transom location and fill the lower transom and those voids at the same time. Very confusing I know haha. Hopefully in the next few days we’ll get some decent weather and I can get into it. Been raining nonstop here.