Transom repair

[never satisfied]

Ok,
Heard back from Arjay.. First I want to say how grateful I am they took my same issue with great importance
Second by the time they received my sample it had fully cured along with the sample I have on my desk. They said it was exactly what you would expect with the material. I am waiting another week to hang my engine but I feel so much better knowing, that they said it was good

John

[SkunkBoat]

Yes, I feel better too.
...back to work!!!!

Now I'm adding a layer of woven with epoxy to cover the repaired inside skin.

I have some new deck drains, scuppers, flush rodholders and flush cleats to add before I glass the motorwell back in.

Raining like hell though...

[SkunkBoat]

Since I have clear access with the back cap off...

Added the new rodholders and flush cleats.
I wanted some 30 deg rodholders angled out 90deg. There is no way to get them in gunnels because they are too narrow.
I found these from Gem-Lux. They don't have screw holes so they are only 3.5 inch on the diagonal instead of normal 4.5 inch.

Put the rodholders right over the old holes for the cleats.

Thought they would clear the tubs in the transom hatches but they don't. 15 deg holders would clear or angling them out 45 instead of 90 would work. There no changing your mind...once you cut an angled hole thats it.

so now I have to figure out what to replace the tubs with. Only use them to hold boat soap & hand cleaner I think I'll tab in some rails to inside transom and the cap wall to mount a shelf. Thought about mounting a bucket in there but it would never come out once the cap is on.

If I ditch the tubs I'll post them here cause people are always looking for them.

Cleats went in easy. I like them. Don't use the stern cleats much since I clip to transom u-bolts.


solid week of rain has me behind on the project and just not enough time.

[Striper80]

Can you notch or make the tub smaller so it clears the rod holder?

[SkunkBoat]

yes, thats one possibility we've discussed. The tubs are small to begin with so cutting it makes it hold almost nothing
Having a rodholder that points out is way more useful than the tub.

I was thinking of mounting a bucket in there. It wouldn't ever come out but it could hold a lot of stuff and I could reach in to get it

you know, at one point I was trying to design a livewell into that space but I just don't have the time for that now.

[bradford]

I've thought about cutting access hatches into the face of the transom gunnel above the deck drains to gain better access to that area. Might be something to consider to make the space more useful for storage etc?

[SkunkBoat]

Well, we left off with me deciding whether to escalate this project to a cap-off full paint restoration or just slap it back together and go fishing...

Today we started slapping it back together.

Here are some pictures pulled from video.(I will post a complete transom -pour video when I'm done.

Next step is glassing the cuts from the inside and glasssing over the lip of the transom.

Don't expect to see a pretty paint job when complete. Gonna get her fishing for a few months while I PLAN out a full resto- and secure a large garage space for winter work.

[Blue_Runner]

Good job Skunk....looking forward to you getting back out there.

[SkunkBoat]

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